June 7, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
An effort is underway to make sure families have plenty to eat this summer.
Local churches, TVA, Caney Fork Electric Cooperative, and Second Harvest have joined forces to sponsor a weekly food drive.
Similar to the food distribution during the spring, this is a drive through and is being held on Tuesdays from 10:30 a.m. until 12 noon at DeKalb Middle School.
Chad Ramsey, Pastor of the Smithville First Baptist Church, invites everyone with a need to take advantage of it.
“We have been able to get a lot of support from the local churches who have come together financially and with volunteers to help pass out food and right now we have a lot of non-perishable food to pass out. TVA has really stepped in through Caney Fork Electric Cooperative with a grant to help support us in keeping this food ministry going through the summer. Second Harvest has also started a program that we are now part of to provide food for families and children through the summer. Both TVA and Second Harvest have really come together to allow us to continue to pass out food and to help people in our community and we have churches who are in the midst of it all. It started in the spring with kids and we are still ministering to them but we now want to minister to our entire community so be sure to drive in this summer on Tuesdays from 10:30 a.m. until 12 noon at DeKalb Middle School to get a bag of food because we have plenty to give out,” said Ramsey.