JCP CARES Holds Major Food Drive

On November 19^th JCP CARES collected more than $21,000 worth of food and cash donations to help the hungry in St. Johns County, setting a new record for the food drive this year!! With help from the St. Johns Rotary Club, bags were dropped off at more than  7,000 homes in NW St. Johns County.  The food was then picked up, counted and sorted. Wards Creek Elementary, Liberty Pines Academy, Fruit Cove Middle School and Julington Creek Elementary participated in the food drive as well. JCP CARES also had a number of business partners for this initiative including McDonald’s, Publix, Martino Tire, VyStar Credit Union, The Creekline, Pinch-A-Penny Pool Service, The UPS Store, The Champions Golf Club, Julington Creek Chiropractic and Wellness Center and Lisa Martinelli with Watson Realty. The food that was collected was divided between Betty Griffin House and Celebration Lutheran Food Pantry.

Most volunteers for this project are local students needing service hours for school.  This project provides them a way to see what a difference they can make in their community. More than 60 volunteers donated more than 350 service hours to this project.

A big thank you also goes to Beth Calhoun who chaired this project for the community and to Wayne and Dorothy Davis that collected all the boxes to put the food in!

This truly goes to show that “Uniting the Community through helping others in need” does work!!!