With holidays approaching, it’s time to think Share
Warren County High School Interact Club members and the Southern Standard are once again joining forces to offer the 24th annual Share A Christmas Dinner to those less fortunate.
As in previous years, the Share program intends to feed about 450 local families who might otherwise go without over the holiday season. To do that, program organizers are seeking donations over the next several weeks.
“It is the main project we do,” club sponsor Debra Grepperud said. “I consider it the most important because it’s community based and it gives the kids a chance to see the good that it does and the people it affects.”
This year, 62 members of the club are expected to immerse themselves in the project, including packing the boxes full of enough food for a complete family meal and helping to distribute them to needy families.
“Contrary to what most of us think, there are people around here who don’t have as much food as they need,” Standard general manager Sharon Patrick said, adding the elderly, the sick and families with multiple children are the target recipients. “None of us like to think about that, but the fact of the matter is, there are those people here.”
The Share program publishes names of donors in the newspaper and encourages giving in memory or in honor of people. Patrick said citizens have always responded generously and is hoping for another successful year of helping those less fortunate.
“People in the community have always stepped up and made sure the boxes were ample. We ask if there are any classes, civic groups, churches or anybody who is looking for a project for Christmas, that we would hope they would remember Share A Christmas Dinner.”
Donations may be made to Share A Christmas Dinner, P.O. Box 150, McMinnville, Tenn., 37111.