Storm outages & inflation worry SoKY’s food insecure: ‘Feed the Need’ right now
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – For its 15th year, United Way of Southern Kentucky is joining hands with local food pantries to Feed the Need. This weekend, especially right now, they need people to step up with donations.
“It’s our desire and our goal that no one goes hungry, especially a child, an elderly person. And that’s happening in our community today,” said United Way of Southern Kentucky President & CEO Debbie Hills. “By this time, very late February, March, the pantries are low again, and that’s just been incredibly magnified this year by inflation, by prices on the store and what people are dealing with. And then the windstorm just a few weeks ago made a situation that was already bad, even worse.”
“The St. Joseph SVDP Food Pantry in and of itself has probably seen a 40 percent increase in the number of families that they helped over the past two to three years,” said Bowling Green’s St. Joseph SVDP Food Pantry volunteer Dennis O’Keefe. “With this recent storm, we had people who had everything in their freezer gone. Your milk is gone, butter is melted. If you’re living on the edge, this just pushes you a little bit closer, and makes you a little bit more insecure, and a little bit more uncomfortable as to how are you going to take care of the family tonight or tomorrow morning.”
O’Keefe says that your donations in this annual Feed the Need drive are what will supply local families facing food insecurity until summertime.
“Everything that’s donated helps meet that need, and we thank everyone who participates over the next two days,” said O’Keefe.
Hills added, “I hope we all will remember how incredibly blessed we are and be willing to give a hand to lift someone up.”
Where to donate:
Allen County:
Save-A-Lot
1407 Old Gallatin Road in Scottsville, Ky
Barren County:
Houchens Southgate
619 S L Rogers Wells Blvd, Glasgow, KY 42141
Houchens Happy Valley
425 Happy Valley Rd, Glasgow, KY 42141
Save-A-Lot Glasgow
400 S Green St, Glasgow, KY 42141
Save-A-Lot Cave City
509 E Happy Valley St Rd, Cave City, KY 42127
Butler County:
Priceless IGA
1242 S Main St, Morgantown, KY 42261
Save-A-Lot
723 W G L Smith St, Morgantown, KY 42261
Hart County:
Priceless IGA
1001 Main Street, Munfordville, Ky 42765
Logan County:
Priceless IGA
113 Armory Dr, Russellville, KY 42276
Piggly Wiggly
407 Bethel Shopping Center, Russellville
Simpson County:
Priceless IGA
1350 Harding Road, Franklin, KY 42134
Piggly Wiggly
402 N. Main Street, Franklin, KY
Warren County:
Dollar General Market
180 River Place Ave, Bowling Green
Priceless IGA – Louisville Road
3170 Louisville Rd, Bowling Green
Crossroads IGA – Mt. Victor
2560 Mount Victor Ln, Bowling Green
Kroger – 31W Bypass
350 West, US-31W, Bowling Green
Kroger – Campbell Lane
711 Campbell Ln, Bowling Green
Kroger – Scottsville Rd
2945 Scottsville Rd, Bowling Green
Priceless IGA Russellville Rd
1901 Russellville Rd, Bowling Green
Crossroads IGA Plano
5499 Scottsville Road, Bowling Green
For information email sdavis@uwsk.org or call the United Way of Southern Kentucky offices at 270-843-3205.
