Day of Service to offer food distribution at Lake Alice
The General Federation of Women’s Clubs Wewahitchka Woman’s Club is pleased to announce the kickoff of the inaugural National Day of Service, spotlighting food insecurity and hunger in the United States.
This year’s Day of Service is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 28, as GFWC clubs nationwide are participating to help increase public awareness and to provide food resources to residents and families in their communities.
“The GFWC National Day of Service is an exciting opportunity for our clubwomen to demonstrate their volunteer know-how,” said Suellen Brazil, international president. “The GFWC tagline is ‘Living the Volunteer Spirit!’ which is the essence of this national public awareness campaign about hunger and food insecurity. It takes a village of concerned community leaders, public servants, and compassionate neighbors to solve hunger.”
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 34 million people in the U.S. are food insecure, nine million children are hungry, 53 million people turned to food banks following COVID-19 due to unemployment, and 100 percent of U.S. counties have families suffering from food insecurity.
“These statistics are staggering, said Terri Norris, GFWC Wewahitchka Women’s Club president. “GFWC clubwomen work tirelessly to be of service to their local communities.
Hunger and food insecurity represents an issue that if everyone works together, no one in the United States needs to suffer.”
GFWC Wewahitchka Woman’s Club in partnership with Second Harvest of the Big Bend and Gulf County United Community Development Corporation, Inc, are hosting a mobile food distribution at Lake Alice, starting at 9 a.m. CT this Saturday, Sept. 28.
For more info on the food distribution, call Patty Fisher (850) 832-9436, Rhonda Alderman (850) 348-9477 or Amy Rogers (850) 227-4041.
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