Potato Drop To Help Fill Local Food Pantries

The Potato Drop to help fill local food pantries has been canceled will begin Saturday morning at 8:30 am at the warehouse on Depot Street in Martinsville.

Farmers donated more than 20 tons of white potatoes to be bagged by volunteers. It’s a lot of fun and goes quickly when you have plenty of people to help you get those potatoes bagged. Local food pantries can start picking up their bagged potatoes at 10:00 am.

All are encouraged to stop by and help us bag potatoes to feed local families in need.

Barefoot Mile To Raise Shoes For Haiti Relief

The Barefoot Mile event starts at 11:00 am at the Martinsville High School in Martinsville and at Dan Daniels Park in Danville.

Remember to bring your shoe donations to help support “Share Our Shoes” mission based in Raleigh, N.C. The goal is to raise one million shoes for Haiti Relief. Any shoes will do. We’re especially interested in your used soccer cleats and tennis shoes but flip flops and boots are also appreciated. New and used are accepted.

Please contact Brian Mateer for more information at (276) 732-1650 or by email at youth_firstumc (at) yahoo.com