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Blake Solar Project: State Issues Fine For Repeated Stormwater Violations  

County Commission Plans For Growth With Purchase Of New Buildings

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The Challenges of Feeding Kids During the Pandemic

July 7, 2020 Tagged With: Berkeley County Schools, food insecurity, Jefferson County Schools, Kidz Power Pacs

volunteers working outside to pack food for kids power packs.

In 2007, Diana Wall found herself called to a mission. Working with Community Combined Ministries, she founded a program to source, assemble and distribute food packages through the Jefferson and Berkeley County School Districts. Kidz Power Pacs (KPP for short) is designed to provide children food for weekends and school breaks, filling a gap not served by weekday, in-school nutrition programs funded by the government. Read the Full Story >>

The Challenges and Hope of a Food Pantry

July 1, 2020 Tagged With: COVID-19, food insecurity, food pantry, homelessness, Jefferson County Community Ministries

Two volunteers at Jefferson County Community Ministries collect groceries for a pick-up order.

For community services organizations, the pandemic & economic crisis have forced drastic changes to operations and funding - at the same time they are called to meet needs on a scale they’ve never experienced. Read the Full Story >>

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