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Serving Owen County Together a huge success

Amanda York
Evening World

A community-wide event to help those in need has come through in a big way, helping over 800 people in the process.

"Our second annual Serving Owen County Together event today was a great success!" Aaron LaGrange, SOCS Community Outreach Liaison, said.

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According to LaGrange, over 100 volunteers helped to make the event possible.

"We directly served over 800 people with food, hygiene items, baby diapers/wipes, clothing, shoes, socks, toys, books and furniture," LaGrange continued. "At the end of the day, additional food items also went to help support many Owen County residents that use our local food banks, OV Backpack Buddies as well as the Sheriff's Department."

The sheer number of items handed it out was difficult to fathom.

"The scope of this endeavor is hard to quantify due to the size of it," LaGrange added. "We had over 30 full pallets of products plus many other items that we gave away for free to our residents from numerous organizations. With gas prices and inflation the way it is, many of our local residents are in great need of support.  An event like this does just that and shows them that we care for our community and work as a team to help our residents in greatest need."

Who's ready for fair food? Owen County Fair scheduled for July 2-9.

An event of this size and scope takes numerous people and organizations to make it work. 

"Special thanks to Babbs Supermarket and Garrard Chapel Food Bank for donating shopping carts, Chicago's Pizza for donating many pizzas for our volunteers to eat at lunch, For Bare Feet and Second Steps for the many hundreds of pairs of shoes and socks given, the Owen County Sheriff's Dept. for logistical help throughout the event and Spencer Owen Schools for their staff help and facility use. Thanks to the many local people that signed up to help," LaGrange said. "Last, but not least, I want to give a huge shout out to our biggest partner, Servant's Heart."