AmeriCorps VISTA members with the Coal Heritage Highway Authority and the New River Gorge Regional Development Authority (NRGRDA) would like to give a big thank you to the citizens of Fayette County and the Oak Hill Kroger and the Fayetteville Wal-Mart. Through citizens’ generous donations and stores offering space, the VISTAs held a successful food drive Friday, Aug. 24.
The food drive took place in front of Kroger and Wal-Mart from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The VISTA members collected over 300 canned foods, dry goods, and baby items.
“People were really great about giving. Green beans were popular for some reason,” says Tristan Cleveland, one of the VISTA members running the food drive.
The overwhelming demand for food as a result of the June 29 storm has left local food pantries depleted with no food for distribution to families in need. Nearly two months after the storm, food pantries are still facing shortages. Food collected will be delivered to locally operated food pantries in Raleigh, Summers, Fayette, and Nicholas counties to be distributed from there.
“There is still definitely a great need,” according to Rebecca Cyrus, the director of Good News Outreach Mission and its food bank in Meadow Bridge.
“We gave out a lot, with feeding everybody, and we’re kind of low.”
This is the second food drive held by the AmeriCorps VISTAs with the Coal Heritage Highway Authority and the NRGRDA. The previous food drive was on Monday, July 9 in Beckley in front of the Kroger and Big Lots. This food drive was held when some families still had no power. The drive collected over 1,200 items, ranging from canned stew to diapers.
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