Overton Purchases Vehicles To Support Local Food Pantries
Overton County will purchase five vehicles to support local food pantries and non-profits in combating food insecurity. County Executive Steven Barlow said local organizations rely heavily on volunteers to operate food distributions, making the grant especially valuable. Barlow said it helps cover major expenses the organizations would otherwise struggle to afford. “These non-profit places, they […]
Five Loaves Food Pantry Friday Food Dispersal Helping Hundreds Weekly
Five Loaves Food Pantry provides food every Friday to Overton County families that cannot afford them. Director Doylene Farley said that when the program started in 2011, members of Vine Ridge Missionary Baptist Church gave out food from their personal pantries to six families monthly. In 2023, they serve a box of food to so […]
