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Good Deeds 9/22/17

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Posted 9/21/16

Generosity flows at food drive FLEMING ISLAND – Volunteers for the Food Pantry of Green Cove Springs collected $1,558 in cash donation and 1,570 pounds of food donations during a recent food …

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Good Deeds 9/22/17


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Generosity flows at food drive
FLEMING ISLAND – Volunteers for the Food Pantry of Green Cove Springs collected $1,558 in cash donation and 1,570 pounds of food donations during a recent food drive. From left, Denise Smallwood, Beverly Willis, Juanita Wetzel, work with Austin Willis, who is kneeling, and the Council of Catholic women to conduct the annual “stock food pantry shelves” event held Sept. 10 at the Hibernia Publix on Fleming Island.

Blessings in a Backpack Day
GREEN COVE SPRINGS – National Blessings in a Backpack Day 2016 was celebrated Sept. 16 as volunteers came together to stuff more than 124 backpack with food for students who face food insecurity over the weekend. This backpack stuffing event was one of many that took place throughout the U.S. last week to raise awareness about the importance of childhood hunger. The United States Conference of Mayors passed a resolution declaring Sept. 15 as “Blessings in a Backpack Day.” Last year, mayors in 55 cities and more than 20 states joined to highlight the work Blessings in a Backpack is doing to combat hunger in America.
Started in 2012 at the Charles E. Bennett Elementary School, the program was established at the request of school faculty who identified 90 of the 800-plus students as “constantly hungry.”.
Blessings in a Backpack is sponsored by the Magnolia Point Women’s Club who stuff bags every Friday for children who take them home. Along with the Charles E. Bennett School, Blessings in a Backpack is serving Green Cove Springs Junior High students for the fifth year.
From left are Cheryle Newman, chairman of the program for Magnolia Point Women’s Club, Sandy Waldrup, club president, City Council Member Van Royal, Mayor Pam Lewis and Shelley Lester, principal of Charles E. Bennett Elementary.