LYNCHBURG, Va. – One Lynchburg organization is receiving a major donation to help families in need.
Park View Community Mission got 40,000 pounds of food thanks, in part, to the Buena Vista Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
A truckload of nonperishable goods arrived from Salt Lake City, Utah.
Organizers say they’ll create food bags to send to schools, community centers and apartment complexes this fall.
“We’ll be able to serve over 5,000 children with the number of food items that we have to create these food bags. In each food bag, there are seven meals, so that calculates to 35,000 for these children,” said Julie Farley, director of Park View Community Mission’s Food for Thought program.
The organization served more than 23,000 students this past school year.