Once again the Boy Scouts from Troop 81 (Maryville First United Methodist Church) came through! The "Scouting for Food" drive held over the first 2 Saturdays in February netted a whopping 216 bags of food..... bags filled with lots of great food! As the scouts and their leaders were unloading the food every shopping cart, storage bin and even a few tables and skids were filled. WOW!! Great job everyone! It makes Saturday an exciting day when food comes in with so much help and enthusiasm!
Early next week the members of the local GFWC club, Jr. Chilhowee, will have their monthly meeting at the CFC and will complete the sorting and shelving of this food! It is great to have new groups come and help!
Meanwhile donations from Logan's Chapel United Methodist Church, Maryville, First United Methodist Church, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Our Lady of Fatima Catholic church and Peck's Memorial United Methodist Church have been delivered and are sorted and ready to use.
The weather this morning.... sleet, snow and rain did not hamper clients from coming in for food. When the CFC opened at 10:00am cars were waiting. We have added an answering machine to help when the CFC is closed and are finding messages on it almost every day. We have also created an email address just for the CFC... it is communityfoodconnection@gmail.com This is a great way to get in touch with board members, get information, etc.
We live in a great community, filledm with generous folks! Thanks for entrusting the CFC to assist in "feeding the hungry of Blount County".
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