Food Lion Grants $2,500

Pictured: (from left) Peyton Gravely, Backpack Program Coordinator - Community Storehouse, James Inman, Store Manager - Food Lion, Travis Adkins, Assistant Executive Director - Community Storehouse.

The Community Storehouse has received $2,500 from the Food Lion Charitable Foundation. The gift will be used to fund its Food for Kids: School Backpack Program. “We are more than appreciative of Food Lion’s efforts through grants and community involvement to help the needy in our community,” said Travis Adkins, assistant executive director.

The Community Storehouse is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the elimination of poverty and hunger in Southside Virginia, since 2001. The agency’s Food for Kids: School Backpack Program focuses on underprivileged, school-aged children who rely on free breakfast and lunch for their reliable source of nutritious food, and provides them with backpacks full of child-friendly foods to last weekends when that source of food is not available.

Established in 2001, the Food Lion Charitable Foundation provides financial support for programs and organizations dedicated to improving the communities in which Food Lion operates. The Foundation places an emphasis on the support of primary and secondary education, feeding the hungry, and organizations that enhance the quality of life in Food Lion’s local communities.

Food Lion LLC is a subsidiary of Brussels-based Delhaize Group (NYSE: DEG). Food Lion LLC operates more than 1,300 supermarkets, either directly or through affiliated entities, under the names of Food Lion, Bloom, Bottom Dollar Food, Harveys and Reid’s. These stores meet local customer needs and preferences for the freshest and best quality products. Food Lion LLC employs approximately 73,000 associates in 11 Southeast and Mid-Atlantic states.

Feed the Children Event with Star Touring

'Star Touring' Volunteers

The Community Storehouse & Star Touring Motorcycle Organization hosted, in cooperation with Feed the Children an event to provide needy families in Martinsville & Henry County with food boxes, hygiene boxes, and cases of water. The event was a huge success! A special thank you is due to Boxley Material Co. for their financial support & to their employees for volunteering their time!

Why We Volunteer - Storehouse Slideshow

Why We Volunteer

The Community Storehouse relies on dedicated, generous community members who volunteer their time to ensure that the essential emergency operations of our agency are fulfilled.

Featured in this slideshow are the voices of Nancy Nelson, founder of the Community Storehouse; Bobbi Bird, full-time volunteer; and Linda Allen, part-time volunteer.

THANK YOU to all our volunteers!

Piedmont Governor’s School - Food Drive

The junior and senior classes of the Piedmont Governor’s School for Mathematics, Science & Technology recently held a food drive benefiting the Community Storehouse. The drive focused on child-friendly foods that will be used in the agency ‘Food for Kids: School Backpack Program’. Items donated ranged from cereal to kids’ snacks.

At the conclusion of the drive, students were allotted time to learn about hunger in our community and how their donations will be used by the Storehouse. “I’d like to thank the students, teachers, and administration for participating in this event & for the partnership that has been developed between our agency and the school for future successful drives. A special thank you is due to Dr. Nina Huff for her efforts in coordinating the drive,” said Travis Adkins, assistant executive director & public information officer, Community Storehouse.

YMCA Donates Backpacks

After the Community Storehouse front-page feature in the Martinsville Bulletin, explaining the progress and needs of the ‘Food for Kids: School Backpack Program’ the local YMCA stepped up to the plate and donated over 30 new backpacks for use in the program!

Pictured: Becky Forestier, YMCA; Travis Adkins, Community Storehouse

E-Bay Store

Now, you can shop for specialty items from our thrift store on E-Bay!

Visit our profile at http://myworld.ebay.com/fightingagainsthungerpoverty/

As always, proceeds benefit our food program.

Community Awareness Day

The Community Storehouse was setup at this year’s ‘Community Awareness Day’ at Liberty Fair Mall, spreading hunger awareness.

Did you know, according to the Henry-Martinsville Dept. of Social Services, there are over 4,500 individuals living in our community who currently qualify for food assistance?

We’re serving a real need in our community – join us in the fight, visit http://www.communitystorehouseofmhc.org/ to learn how you can make a difference!

Summer Food Drives

StarTek, Collinsville conducted another employee food drive this year benefiting our food pantry. The drive focused on canned goods and cereal.

Last year, food donations through StarTek were the largest to ever benefit the Community Storehouse in any one food drive; this year, StarTek broke their record.

A special thanks is due to the HR staff at StarTek for organizing this successful event & for their volunteer support of our agency throughout the year.

Pictured: Katie Muehleck, StarTek; Travis Adkins, Community Storehouse

The Martinsville Memorial Hospital has conducted its 2nd annual employee food and hygiene drive benefiting the Community Storehouse. The drive focused on canned goods and personal hygiene items.

Donations of hygiene necessities and food numbered in the hundreds and over $700 in funds were donated for future food purchases.

A special thanks is due to Christy Stutts and Roger Spencer for organizing and working the drive.

Pictured: (left to right) Joe Roach & Christy Stutts, Memorial Hospital; Travis Adkins, Community Storehouse

Dollar General Market Fundraiser

The Community Storehouse participated in a sidewalk fundraiser at the Dollar General Market in the Dutch Inn Plaza, Collinsville May 1-3. Volunteers raffled a gas grill valued at $100; rhe sidewalk was manned with workers for a total of 24 hours and profited over $500. Dollar General staff donated $200 worth of new toys for use this Christmas and customers donated hundreds of items of food. Thanks for a successful event!

Helga Mills 'Eat Out for a Week' Winner!

During the Community Storehouse annual telethon on NewsChannel 18, area businesses participated by offering dinner two to be raffled to those donating $50 or more. 7 total businesses participated, offering the lucky winner 'dinner for a week' free! Helga Mills was selected as the winner and is pictured above accepting her acknowledgement. We'd like to thank the sponors of this raffle: Applebees, Dutch Inn, Texas Steakhouse, Clarences, Pizza Hut, Ryans, & Pigs-R-Us.