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Children’s Center partners with Second Harvest Food Bank
A NOTE FROM THE GRAND ON CENTRAL: “There is so much good going on in our community, and I want to share all this good with you every Monday here on WLAF in hopes that you will start your week in a grand way making each week a Grand Week,” said Olivia Lobertini, owner of The Grand on Central.
TOP PHOTO: Campbell County Children’s Center Case Manager Maggie Inscho, Children’s Center CEO Tracie Davis and Children’s Center Prevention Coordinator Jenn Smith.
By Charlotte Underwood
LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- A partnership between the Campbell County Children’s Center and Second Harvest Food Bank’s Food for Kids program is helping feed the county’s most vulnerable population of chronically hungry children.
“We’re excited about the difference this program will make for the children in our community,” said Children’s Center CEO Tracie Davis.
The partnership was initiated by recently elected county commissioner David Greene of Greeneview Farms who reached out to Davies.
“David and I went to school together and Greene is now serving on the Second Harvest Board and he asked to meet with me, and if he could bring some folks with him to see if they could help our organization with feeding the chronically hungry children in our county,” Davis said.
She then reached out to CASA of Campbell County Director Jan Jones and to Linda Primm who also serves on the Boys and Girls Club Board to invite them to the meeting as well.
“So, they came and I met with David Greene, as well as Second Harvest’s Sam Compton, the Youth and Senior Programs Manager, along with Kristi Rule Second Harvest Chief Development Officer and what came out of that meeting was a wonderful partnership that is already helping chronically hungry children in Campbell County,” Davis said.
She said while she knew Second Harvest came to the LaFollette Church of God once a month for its food distribution program for Campbell County residents, she did not realize that Second Harvest could also supply special ready to eat snacks for kids similar to what the schools sometimes send home in backpacks for kids. These might be things like shelf stable milk that does not need to be refrigerated, fruit cups, beef stick and cheese stick snacks, plus some pop-top items like Mac and Cheese that can easily be made in the microwave.
David Greene, as a local farmer, also has an interest in helping Campbell County kids while supporting Second Harvest to make sure that the food bank receives quality food from local farms and fresh produce for its monthly food give-away at the LaFollette Church of God.
According to Davis, “Greene’s sister, Rhonda Wallace from Hope Stand Church, told David he needed to help the Children’s Center with some of their famil
“So, we agreed to be the hub of the agency receiving the items and so if CASA needs food for their kids, they can come pick it up from the Children’s Center,” Davis said, explaining that the center had more storage space for the food than CASA had.
On August 19th, the Children’s Center received its very first delivery of food, and the CASA staff came to help them assemble snack bags.
“We make snack bags with stuff like milk, oatmeal, mac and cheese, cheese sticks, a beef stick; things they can open up and eat, things that the kids don’t have to have assistance with to eat and cook,” Davis explained.
Having this program available through the Childre’s Center allows the food to go to where it is needed most, including Campbell, Claiborne and Union Counties – the three areas that the center serves.
Davis said she wanted to say a “huge thank you to David Greene and Second Harvest for the opportunity to extend our services in the community to the kids who need it the most.”
“The good thing with Second Harvest, if Maggie (Inscho) is serving a family, maybe a grandparent is raising a family, and can’t get out to pick food up, we can deliver it. We are giving it to children who are chronically hungry. Our goal is to give out 100 bags a week to our clients, and they allow us to provide the bags to Claiborne and Union Counties to our clients there, too,” Davis said.
“The program we are involved in is food for kids and specifically kids that are chronically hungry in our communities and we’re so happy to partner with Second Harvest Food Bank through their Food for Kids program! You know the need is there and to be able to serve the children in this capacity through this partnership is something we are grateful for. There is power in numbers, and so much we can do together to help these families; we have to band together to make a difference,” Davis said.
A NOTE FROM THE GRAND ON CENTRAL: “There is so much good going on in our community, and I want to share all this good with you every Monday here on WLAF in hopes that you will start your week in a grand way making each week a Grand Week,” said Olivia Lobertini, owner of The Grand on Central.
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