St. Andrews Episcopal asks for help with food drive at Alcoa Food City

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St. Andrews Episcopal Church members are asking their friends, neighbors and the Blount County community to support the Community Food Connection food drive Friday through Sunday, Aug. 12-14.

On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, parish members will be handing out shopping lists at the Food City on Hall Road in Alcoa. Other parish members will pick up the donated food and deliver it to the Community Food Connection, at 311 Whitecrest Drive, Maryville. A third group will be on had at the food connection warehouse to sort the food items once they are delivered.

Windy Markham, St. Andrews Episcopal parish member co-coordinator, has been lining up volunteers for two weeks. The Community Food Connection served 1,073 people each month from April through July. Over the last 43 months, the number of people the Community Food Connection has helped has risen from 5,000 to 6,000 a month.

Many months, say Food Connection organizers, the group purchases $10,000 to $13,000 in groceries that are distributed on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at their facility.

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