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Shared values
Helping county families purchase good food at low prices by trading in vouchers on community service is the idea behind SHARE, the creative program that just began last month.
To participate in SHARE, a person pays $13 in cash or food stamps and picks up a Community Service Voucher. The participant then needs to complete only two hours of community service, have the voucher signed and turn it in when he picks up the food. The next distribution is June 22.
Each package of food, bought by SHARE directly from food growers and brokers, is worth an estimated $35. The packages contain frozen meats, fresh vegetables, fresh fruits and staple items. The food is not surplus.
SHARE host sites in Rappahannock are the Washington Baptist Church and the home of Amissville Ruritan Buddy Samuels. The first delivery day was May 18, with 26 participants, according to Nan McElvoy, chairman of the Baptist church site.
Orders for the June 22 distribution are being taken beginning Sunday, June 2. Sandra Jenkins, 675-3741, will be taking orders at the church in Washington following services. Marie Riedel, 675-3638, will take orders from 7 p.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, at Kramer Woodworking in Washington. Barbara Gentry, 675-3202, will take orders from the Senior Citizens Nutrition Center and Maybelle Gilkey, 635-5472, will take orders in Chester Gap.
Call Mr. or Mrs. Samuels in Amissville at 937-5972 or watch Cathy Smith’s column in this paper for more details about Amissville’s distribution and sign-up dates.
SHARE participants will perform their community service hours at schools, government agencies, the library, arts groups, and fire departments in the county. Call Theresa Reynolds at 675-3329 or Nancy Reeve at 675-3313 for a list of the non-profit organizations and contact persons.
The SHARE program combines two of the most important goals a community could have: Good food at cheap prices and service for the public welfare. We hope the program takes off and congratulate the organizers for a well-executed good idea.
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