For years, the ministries of Catholic religious sisters working tirelessly and often invisibly have left their mark on Appalachia's rural communities, sharing the love of Jesus Christ by their witness and service to the people who call "the Mountains" their home.
The Millersville Lioness Club held its semiannual food drive May 22 at John Herr’s Village Market. Due to the generous donations from the community, a total of three truckloads of
KCII’s Caring Christmas Food Drive collects food and monetary donations to give to area food pantries, many of which have seen an increased need or have had to adjust their operations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Church of God Food Bank in Washington is one of the Caring Christmas Food Drive’s recipients and has operated for over a decade. Anyone is welcome to receive food from the church, typically on the fourth Thursday of the month from 1:30-4:30 p.m., though because of the upcoming holidays they will be open on December 17th. Coordinator Dean Elmore explains that since the pandemic they have distributed food boxes on the east side of the building instead of allowing visitors inside, “We have a table set out there and they call and tell us whether we need to get the box ready, take it out there and set it on the table. And then we get a box of frozen food too, meat and stuff and put it out there, and then they come out there and they pick it up and take it and go. That