ROUTE. THE FORMER FIRST LADY WILL BE LAID TO REST TOMORROW IN HER HOMETOWN OF PLAINS, GEORGIA. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE KICKING OFF GIVING TUESDAY AND WE ASK YOU TO SUPPORT. SHARE YOUR CHRISTMAS. WE ALSO WANT YOU TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES AND WHO IT HELPS. SERENITY’S GRACE IS ONE OF THE FOOD PANTRIES THAT WORKS WITH SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK, PROVIDING GROCERIES TO ANYONE IN NEED. LISA THE TRUCK IS HERE, SO EVERYBODY’S GOING HOME WITH MELONS TODAY. PORT ORANGE GRACES. YOU’RE A NONTRADITIONAL FOOD PANTRY. IT WAS STARTED BY MY GRANDDAUGHTER. BY THE AGE OF SEVEN IS WHEN I GAVE IN TO HER. WHAT KIND OF CANDY YOU WANT? THIS AND THIS. YOU HAVE TEN PEOPLE LIVING IN YOUR HOUSE WITH A BOX OF FOOD IS NOT GOING TO LAST YOU TWO WEEKS. I WANTED TO DO MORE. SO WE STARTED DOING THE FOOD DRIVES. SO PASTRIES WOULD BE ON THIS SIDE, BREADS WOULD BE ON THAT SIDE. WHAT DO YOU WANT? THIS ONE SECOND HARVEST. AND DURING THE HEIGHT OF COVID APPROVED US TO BE A PANTRY. AND BOY, OH BOY, WAS THAT A DOMINO EFFECT BECAUSE WE’RE GETTING MORE FOOD THAN WE NEED IT. HELLO, HOW ARE YOU? I’VE BEEN ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE. YOU GET YOUR CHOICE OF TWO ITEMS, BUT THEY CAN’T BE THE SAME. I’VE BEEN BEHIND THE SCENES HELPING. AND THEN WHERE I’VE BEEN THE CLIENT. WE GOT THE TUNA. WHERE YOU GET FOUR CANS. I WASN’T MAKING IT DAY BY DAY. IT WAS ONE OF THOSE. I GOT MY CHECK BECAUSE I’M DISABLED. I GET MY CHECK ON THE THIRD. BY THE FIFTH, I’M BROKE. I HAD NO CLUE HOW I WAS GOING TO SURVIVE. HAD NO CLUE TO WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO. I’M AT THE BOTTOM. I GOT TO GET UP. THERE’S NOTHING ELSE FOR ME TO HIT OTHER THAN SIX FEET UNDER. AND I REACHED OUT TO COCO WITHOUT THEM, THERE ARE JUST AMAZING. I DON’T THINK THEY REALIZE HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY HELP, WHAT ALL THEY’VE DONE TO HELP. WE’RE NOT A HANDOUT HERE. WE’RE A HAND UP. AND THERE YOU GO. YOU’RE WELCOME. YOU GUYS HAVE AN AWESOME DAY. SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. IT’S A VERY HARD HIT COMMUNITY WHEN YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOUR NEIGHBOR SAY, I CAN’T PAY MY LIGHT BILL BECAUSE I WANT TO EAT. I GOT TO BUY MEDICINE SO I CAN’T EAT. SO FOOD INSECURITY IS A REAL BIG ISSUE, TOO. AND I DON’T THINK LIVING IN AMERICA, ANYBODY SHOULD BE HUNGRY AND THAT’S WHO YOU’RE SUPPORTING. WHEN YOU GIVE TO SHARE YOUR CHRISTMAS AND SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK COCO THEIR SET OF BEST LIVING HERE. NO ONE SHOULD BE HUNGRY AND YOU CAN HELP, ESPECIALLY THOSE KIDS, THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED RIGHT NOW. IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, WE’RE GOING BACK LIVE TO SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK TO SHOW YOU HOW FAR YOUR DOLLAR CAN REALLY BE STRETCHED BY SECOND HARVEST. THE NUMBER IS ON YOUR SCREEN NOW. GIVE A CAL
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Giving Tuesday: Food pantry providing groceries to those in need
Updated: 7:49 AM EST Nov 28, 2023
Serenity’s Grace in Parramore is your nontraditional food pantry. It was started by Coco Karras’ granddaughter.”You have 10 people living in your house; a box of food is not going to last you two weeks,” Karras said.During the peak of COVID-19, Second Harvest Food Bank approved Serenity’s Grace as an official pantry.With Second Harvest, they began receiving more food than they thought they needed.Lisa Jero is now behind the scenes working for the pantry, but at one point, she used to be a client.”I wasn’t making it day by day, ’cause I’m disabled, I get my check on the third, by the fifth I’m broke. Had no clue how I was going to survive, had no clue what I was going to do,” Jero said.She reached out to Karras at Serenity’s Grace and said she doesn’t know what she would have done without them.”I don’t think they realize how many people they help,” Jero said.Food insecurity is a big issue in this community. Some neighbors say they can’t pay their bills because they’d rather eat, and others have to buy medicine, so they have no way of paying for food.”I don’t think living in America anybody should be hungry,” Karras said.
Serenity’s Grace in Parramore is your nontraditional food pantry. It was started by Coco Karras’ granddaughter.
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“You have 10 people living in your house; a box of food is not going to last you two weeks,” Karras said.
During the peak of COVID-19, Second Harvest Food Bank approved Serenity’s Grace as an official pantry.
With Second Harvest, they began receiving more food than they thought they needed.
Lisa Jero is now behind the scenes working for the pantry, but at one point, she used to be a client.
“I wasn’t making it day by day, ’cause I’m disabled, I get my check on the third, by the fifth I’m broke. Had no clue how I was going to survive, had no clue what I was going to do,” Jero said.
She reached out to Karras at Serenity’s Grace and said she doesn’t know what she would have done without them.
“I don’t think they realize how many people they help,” Jero said.
Food insecurity is a big issue in this community. Some neighbors say they can’t pay their bills because they’d rather eat, and others have to buy medicine, so they have no way of paying for food.
“I don’t think living in America anybody should be hungry,” Karras said.