Kentucky Power’s Power up the Pantry event

ASHLAND, Ky. — Kentucky Energy and WYMT are partnering up once more to current the third annual Energy Up the Pantry occasion. The purpose of this meals donation and fundraiser is to replenish depleted space meals pantries in Kentucky.

The daylong occasion is deliberate for August 25 from 8 a.m. to six:30 p.m. with three drop off places the place collected non-perishable meals and charitable items will profit neighborhood businesses within the state served by God’s Pantry Meals Financial institution and Dealing with Starvation Meals Financial institution.

Drop-off places might be on the Appalachian Regional Healthcare Medical Mall off Black Gold Boulevard in Hazard; in Ashland’s Central Park at finish of Chuck Woolery Boulevard; and on the Kentucky Energy Service Middle in Coal Run off U.S. Route 23 close to Pikeville.

Kentucky Energy exterior affairs supervisor, Bob Shurtleff, stated everyone seems to be invited to affix the trouble by accumulating donations via their employer or neighborhood teams and clients.

“The necessity to replenish the meals banks is even better now for the reason that latest flood devastation in a number of of our jap Kentucky counties. Extra individuals than ever earlier than are counting on their native meals pantries,” Shurtleff stated. “It is a vital time for all to offer again in our communities and assist our meals pantries present for these in want.”

Previous Energy Up the Pantry occasions have collected greater than $18,000 and 13,000 kilos of meals which equates to 18,500 meals for these affected by meals insecurities.

“Meals insecurity charges attain as excessive as 16 p.c for adults and 22 p.c for kids in some Kentucky counties,” stated Dealing with Starvation’s CEO, Cynthia Kirkhart. “The partnership we’ve got with Kentucky Energy sparks neighborhood assist and allows us reply to the necessity.”

God’s Pantry provides greater than 400 meals pantries and meal applications in central and jap Kentucky. Dealing with Starvation, based mostly in Huntington, W.Va., serves meals pantries in Boyd, Greenup, Lawrence and Martin counties. Checks will be made payable to God’s Pantry Meals Financial institution or Dealing with Starvation Meals Financial institution. For questions, e-mail [email protected] or [email protected]

Kentucky Energy, headquartered in Ashland, supplies service to 165,000 clients in 20 jap Kentucky counties and is an working firm within the American Electrical Energy system, one of many largest electrical utilities in the US.

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