Volunteer Group Supplies Weekend Groceries for Sebring Students
SEBRING, Ohio – For the past 15 years, Sebring elementary students have had the opportunity to participate in Friday Food Club, taking home a bag of groceries every Friday.
What started as an outreach ministry by the nonprofit Acts 2 Ministries in 2010 is now in the hands of a group of Sebring volunteers who kept the effort alive after the nonprofit disbanded in 2019.
“We’re so grateful for the team behind our Friday Food Club and the community donations that make this possible,” said Nichole Hanley, principal of Sebring B.L. Miller Elementary. “Our students leave with big smiles on their faces as they walk out with their bags.”
Led by Susan Sanor, the volunteer team’s coordinator, the group includes Mark and Michele Bara, Terry Koerner, Paula and Don Wayt, Karen and Brent Rarick, Joyce Whiting and Diana Brubaker-Smith. Each week, the group meets at the elementary school to organize and pack the individual bags, which participating students then pick up from the office at the end of the day on Fridays.
“We pack enough food to provide two breakfasts, two lunches and two snacks, along with staple pantry items such as peanut butter and jelly, bread and, occasionally, Velveeta cheese,” Sanor said. “We have been blessed with donations from the community and have trusted in God’s grace and provision to be able to serve these children for 15 years.”
The group is always accepting food donations, which can be dropped off at Sebring Public Library. Items needed are peanut butter and jelly (plastic jars), Velveeta cheese, canned soup, canned pasta (Spaghetti-O’s, ravioli, etc.), ramen noodles, Spam, boxed macaroni and cheese, cereal boxes, individual oatmeal packets, pop tarts, Nutri-Grain bars, granola bars and individual snacks such as crackers, chips, cookies, pudding, Jell-O cups, applesauce and fruit cups.
To make a monetary donation, contact Sanor at 330 259 5946.
Pictured at top: From left are John Everhart, Diane Smith, Brent Rarick, Michelle Bera, Joyce Whiting, Karen Rarick and Terry Koerner.
Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.
