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2023 Drive Grant Recipients
The following local organizations have been awarded grants
to help support their food initiatives throughout 2024.
21 grants totaling $40,000 have been awarded!
The grants were made possible from excess funds allocated from the
2022 Food For The Hungry Drive
Central Christian Food Pantry
Central Christian Food Pantry provides food to hundreds of families in Knox County.
Chomp
CHOMP is a free produce market serving Knox County. It runs from May to October. CHOMP helps any individual in the community struggling to provide fresh produce for themselves or their family.
Church on the Rise Food Pantry
Church on the Rise serves food and non-food items to people in the community in need through a monthly giveaway. Emergency food is also provided at least 10 times a month for those in urgent need.
Cornerstone Community Church
Cornerstone Community Church in Fredericktown provides a weekly hot meal to the community.
Covenant Church Food Pantry
Covenant Church provides food for those in need in Knox County. They provide a family of four with enough food for 2 weeks. Extra food is used to reach out to families with children during the Summer.
The Escape Zone Youth Center
The Escape Zone provides a safe, supervised place for children ages 10–18 to congregate. Volunteers provide meals to any child who is in need of food at the various events, such as Friday night activities, Bible study, youth volleyball and other sports throughout the week.
First Congregational united Church of christ
This Church provides hot meals to people in Mount Vernon.
First Presbyterian Church
This Church provides hot meals to people in Mount Vernon.
Freedom Center:
A Drug and Alcohol Rehad center
The Freedom Center uses its grant to provide food to those attending its programs.
Gay Street united Methodist church
Gay Street United Methodist provides a hot meal each week to people in Mount Vernon
Jacqueline McCalla-Cordle Children’s Fund
Jacqueline McCalla-Cordle Children’s Fund provides nutritious meals to qualified school children and families on reduced/free lunches. It has expanded its resources to meet the food insecurity of all residents in the Centerburg School District by opening a food pantry for weekly food distribution.
Knox county career center
KCCC have a food pantry in the school for students who need extra food at home or during the weekend.
Knox Learning Center
Knox Learning Center provides food for students within the center
Lazarus life ministries
The project is providing faith-based residential housing for men coming out of addiction. Their mission is help men (long-term) in their recovery journey. Part of this project includes feeding the men in the program and providing groceries each month.
Life Point Church
Life Point has a Backpack of Hope ministry that provides food for children each weekend who would have otherwise gone without food away from school.
New Directions
domestic violence support center
New Directions uses its grant to provide food to the people who come into their care searching for help.
​Say A Prayer Ministries/InJoy Food Pantry
Say A Prayer Ministries is a church that has a food pantry called InJoy Food Pantry located in Martinsburg. Say A Prayer Ministries can also help families with emergency needs between outreach days.
Milwood Church of Christ
Sharing Shed
Millwood Church of Christ provides a free-standing sharing shed that is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This shed has shelving for non-perishable food items and a refrigerator/freezer. No paperwork is required, and neighbors are encouraged to take what they need and leave what they can.
The Father's Table of
first church of the nazarene
They serve a hot meal every Wednesday evening to an average of 75 people (and the number continues to grow.) They also host a food pantry to provide food for families in our community each month.
Touchpointe
marriage and family resources
TouchPointe uses its grant to provide food for people
who come to the center seeking help.
Winter sanctuary
emergency homeless shelter
Winter Sanctuary uses its grant to provide emergency food and snacks for the people seeking refuge in the shelter.
Jacqueline McCalla-Cordle Children’s Fund
Jacqueline McCalla-Cordle Children’s Fund provides nutritious meals to qualified school children and families on reduced/free lunches. It has expanded its resources to meet the food insecurity of all residents in the Centerburg School District by opening a food pantry for weekly food distribution.
The Escape Zone Youth Center
The Escape Zone provides a safe, supervised place for children ages 10–18 to congregate. This Summer, volunteers will also be providing meals to any child who is in need of food at the various events, such as Friday night activities, Bible study, youth volleyball and other sports throughout the week.
Milwood Church of Christ
Sharing Shed & Garden
Millwood Church of Christ provides a free-standing sharing shed that is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This shed has shelving for non-perishable food items and a refrigerator/freezer. There is also a garden that will provide fresh produce for the community. No paperwork is required, and neighbors are encouraged to take what they need and leave what they can.
Mobility Management
Mobility Management provides transportation to community resources, including food pantries, local farmer’s markets, and hot meals. Its goal is to eliminate transportation barriers that keep people from accessing the food they need.
Covenant Church Food Pantry
Covenant Church provides food for those in need in Knox County. They provide a family of four with enough food for 2 weeks. Extra food is used to reach out to families with children during the Summer.
​Say A Prayer Ministries/InJoy Food Pantry
Say A Prayer Ministries is a church that has a food pantry called InJoy Food Pantry located in Martinsburg. Say A Prayer Ministries can also help families with emergency needs between outreach days.
Church on the Rise Food Pantry
Church on the Rise serves food and non-food items to people in the community in need through a monthly giveaway. Emergency food is also provided at least 10 times a month for those in urgent need.
Martinsburg Activity Center
Martinsburg Activity Center, in partnership with InJoy Food Pantry, is providing on-site daily lunches to students throughout the Summer.
Central Christian Food Pantry
Central Christian Food Pantry provides food to families in Knox County and provides personal food packages for children during the Summer months.
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