WELLSTON â Jackson Countyâs â40 et 8,â along with donors and volunteers, helped roughly 192 families with obtaining a Christmas Day meal.
On Wednesday, Dec. 16, the 40 et 8, an area non-profit, along with help from the Wellston High School boys basketball team, and cheerleaders, packed boxes of food items for the 40 et 8âs annual âChristmas Food Boxesâ project.
âSadly, due to COVID-19 and the lack of monetary donations we had to reduce the numbers of boxes we normally provide to the community,â explained Event Organizer Robin Johnson. âOur goal is to increase this number for the 2021 Food Box Giveaway back up to 250 families.â
The boxes include a whole chicken, milk, instant potatoes, green beans, noodles, butter, stuffing mix, chicken broth, pumpkin pie. New this year was a bag of candy.