The Holiday Food Drive at The Lake House has ended. The drive began with a goal of 1,000 pounds of food for our neighbors in Johns Island, Wadmalaw and James Island. By November 10th we exceeded 1,000 pounds. By November 14th we exceeded 1,500 pounds, and purchased a new (second) sign board for The Lake House. On November 17th we exceeded 2,100 pounds. On November 26th we exceeded 2,600 pounds. And, thanks to the amazing generosity of Seabrookers, Tuesday we delivered to The Sea Islands Hunger Awareness Foundation a total of 3,500 pounds of food!
Hunger is a big problem for many of our neighbors. The Sea Islands Hunger Awareness Foundation will distribute the food to local community organizations, including Meals on Mondays (which distributes food to approximately 100 families in need each Monday), Blessing Basket (an emergency grocery relief program at Stono Baptist Church on Johns Island), and Hebron Zion Church (which is the largest organization and which operates its food pantry two days per week).
Our thanks go out to each and every person who supported the food drive. Seabrook’s amazing contribution will go far to help eradicate hunger in our neighborhood. As we have been repeating often, together we CAN defeat hunger!
Submitted by Bruce Kleinman, Activities Committee