(Message from Claire Glasscock)
An article was posted on the internet Wednesday asking home gardeners to plant a little extra for the needy. You may have seen the article in Tuesday’s Lexington Herald-Leader entitled “Rural Incomes Tanking.” The article reported that residents in seven eastern Kentucky counties are spending, on average, 12.7% to 15.2% of their monthly income on gasoline to travel to and from work. Our food bank, God’s Pantry, reports that over 300,000 are in poverty in their 49 county service area – and as more and more people have to make a choice between buying gasoline to get to work and buying groceries, the demand placed on food banks increases.
We ask you to contribute as frequently as you can to God’s Pantry, so that it can keep the food supplies flowing to the 391 hunger relief agencies in central and eastern Kentucky that it supports. Your checks, made out to God’s Pantry, can be taken to Student Records. Canned and boxed non-perishable food can be placed in the makeshift collection box (we’ll have something that looks better soon) in the OB Lobby.
And, if you’re still in the process of planting vegetables, consider putting in a few extra seeds or starts for the hungry.
Thank you so much for helping.
Take care,
Rebecca
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