Two organizations are teaming up to package 100,000 meals to distribute to local food missions and pantries in Cleveland County.
The Greater Cleveland County Baptist Association along with the Meals of Hope is calling for volunteers to package those meals on Saturday, May 8. The organization is asking the community to pitch in by committing to at least one two-hour shift.
“We had a couple of our churches that did it on a smaller scaler two years ago, and we decided we wanted to be able to do it association wide and have more people involved and do it on a bigger scale,” said Greater Cleveland County Baptist Association Missions and Ministry Team Leader Katie Harris.
The Star would like to take a moment to remember some of the lives lost this year.
Obviously every life lost in Cleveland County can t be included in one article, but here is a look at some people we ve said goodbye to
Tyler Herndon
Mount Holly Police Chief Don Roper believed he was a better man for having known and worked with Herndon, and that both the police department and the entire city of Mount Holly were better places because of Herndon’s influence. We realize any one of us could be called home at any time, Roper said of the dangers of law enforcement at Herndon’s service. But Tyler always looked like he just stepped out of a police recruiting poster.