Area Schools Participate in Loaves and Fishes Annual Food Drive
Area Hardeman County Schools, which included Bolivar Middle School (BMS), Grand Junction Elementary School, Hornsby Elementary School (HES), Middleton Elementary School (MES), and Whiteville Elementary School, collected non-perishable food items to donate to Loaves and Fishes for the non-profit organization’s annual food drive. Each year during the Thanksgiving holiday season, Loaves and Fishes holds its food drive providing an opportunity for county schools to partner with the food pantry to help keep its shelves full during one of its busiest seasons of the year.
Loaves and Fishes, a non-denominational food pantry formed in 1983, has served residents of Hardeman County continuously since its inception. It provides pre-packed boxes of nutritional food to county residents who have experienced hard times and need a hand up. While circumstances vary, the common denominator among the people Loaves and Fishes serve is a lack of resources to satisfy the most basic of needs – hunger.
The food donations the students collected help many Hardeman County families. Some of those families receiving food boxes have students, who attend schools in Hardeman County.
The donations from the students across the county will be a blessing to people in the community. All food and monetary donations for Loaves and Fishes stay in the county and serve area residents.
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