HOW IT ALL BEGAN
We saw a significant need and decided that we could do something about it!
IIn 2018, Scott and Kim Griffey, with four other families, began purchasing food and assembling a backpack for children in Jimtown Schools who did not have much food to eat on the weekends. When Covid hit in 2020 and schools shut down, we had food to hand out but no children to give it to. One Saturday morning, we decided to pack food into boxes, load it up and visited three neighborhoods in the Jimtown area. We knocked on and found many families who were not working and struggling to feed their families. Many were grandparents on a fixed income who were raising grandchildren without financial help.
Soon we were boxing and delivering food to over 50 families a month. Often we would hear stories that there was no food in the house and then we showed up. Now we are delivering food to over 500 families in the Jimtown/Osceola/Elkhart areas. With the help of faithful and amazing volunteers who sort, pack and deliver food, we are able to bring thousands of pounds each year to those in need!