Last fall we posted about a food collection drive called PORCH-Marietta that was working to keep the food pantry stocked at Brumby Elementary School.
The all-volunteer organization has announced that its launching a new program, called PORCH for Schools, to serve broader needs in the Marietta area, and is initially focusing efforts on getting healthy snacks to children attending Sedalia Park Elementary School.
Thus far PORCH-Marietta has provided 37 cases of snacks to Sedalia Park students so they could “keep both body and mind nourished, eliminating distraction due to hunger,” according to a release.
As of December PORCH-Marietta had donated more than 12,000 pounds of food to the Brumby pantry and the Center for Family Resources pantry.
Participants leave food on their doorstops on designated monthly pickup days (the next collection date is Feb. 9) and can also contribute financially.
Some of the participating neighborhoods in East Cobb include Sentinel Lake, Indian Hills, The Oaks, Heatherleigh, Paper Mill Manor, Chimney Lakes, Timberlea Lakes, Beverly Hills Estates, Weatherstone, Elan, Sibley Forest and Glen Ivy.
If you’d like to add your neighborhood, contact marietta@porchcommunities.org for more information.
PORCH-Marietta chapter leader Liz Platner said the public can help with the food drive with tax-deductible donations by clicking here. Businesses also can support the effort as sponsors.
“Our holiday giving campaign raised enough funds to buy snacks for Sedalia Park Elementary students who didn’t bring a snack from home this semester,” Platner said. “We hope to restock their snack shelves in August and include additional schools as our budget allows.”
PORCH Communities was started in 2011 in Chapel Hill, N.C. and now has 26 chapters in eight states, distributing more than $7.8 million in food to neighbors in need.
The PORCH-Marietta chapter was founded in February 2022.
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