Archive for the ‘Food Drive’ Category

GraceWorks Wins – Via Williamson Herald

Saturday, September 3rd, 2011
Big crowd expected, food drive ends tonight at Franklin By Joe Williams For the Williamson Herald If pre-game ticket sales are any indication, a near overflow crowd is expected tonight for the Centennial versus Franklin high school football game at Howard Gamble Stadium. A large number of tickets had been sold by Thursday afternoon for the contest scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. kick-off tonight. Fans Read More....

Thank you to Brentwood Baptist Church

Monday, August 29th, 2011
GraceWorks partners with over 55 area churches that provide support and volunteers to help us achieve our mission of sharing the hope and grace of God by helping our neighbors in need. One way that we help is by providing food for struggling families. Our ability to provide that food has been challenged recently as the food pantry stock had gotten very low. Not any more. Each year Brentwood Baptist Church holds a food drive to benefit GraceWorks. Just think how excited we were as we unloaded Read More....

Eagle Scout project helps our food pantry

Monday, August 1st, 2011
Boy Scout Zack Sexton saw a need at GraceWorks, and took the opportunity to address that need in his Eagle Scout project. With the volume of food donations that are sorted here at GraceWorks, the pantry needed a sorting table that was more flexible for different sized drives or donation items. After volunteering in the pantry to understand the process, Zack designed a table that is long enough to accommodate the sort boxes, and with overhead signage that can be changed out as needed. Thank yoRead More....

Volunteers needed for food drive

Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
Volunteers are needed Sunday, August 28 from 3-5 pm and 5-7 pm to help unload trucks and sort a large food drive donation. Email volunteer@graceworksministries.net to sign up.

Thank you for helping us “Stamp Out Hunger”

Monday, May 16th, 2011
We have lots of folks to thank for a successful Mail Carriers "Stamp Out Hunger" Food Drive on Saturday, May 14, starting with the hundreds of mail carriers who picked up food bags left at mailboxes on their routes. That is hard work and we appreciate the extra effort to collect all that food. Thank you to all the folks in our area who gave so generously - on Saturday, we collected 27,902 pounds of food from the Franklin post office, and more will be coming from Nolensville today. We also Read More....

Volunteering for Mail Carriers’ Food Drive

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
Volunteer to help with the annual Mail Carrier's Food Drive on May 14. Volunteer opportunities include: Route Drivers - starting at 10 am. Volunteers help pick up donated food on several postal routes. Drivers should have a truck, van SUV or trailer with sides, and have 1-2 helpers. The donations will be taken to the Graceworks facility. Unload trucks at the Franklin Post Office - Shifts are 1-3 pm and 3-5 pm. Volunteers with pickup trucks help unload mailRead More....

Youth promote healthy snacks for Fuel Bags

Friday, February 11th, 2011
Ok, so we just designed some awesome posters for the fuel bag project. We asked the manager at Sodium if we could hold a food drive in April at Sodium. We are trying to get healthy food to kids on free and reduced lunches on the weekends. These fuel bags include healthy snacks like raisins, granola bars, juice pouches, crackers and such. So we will update to tell you when this event is in April. Come out and support us!!!! Thank you!!!!!=) By Rachel and Amanda Written by two youth involved iRead More....

Thank you Brentwood Baptist Church for your generosity!

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
 On Sunday, August 29, Graceworks received nearly 27,000 pounds of food donated by the members of Brentwood Baptist Church (BBC), one of our church partners. Each year, the drive is announced during BBC's Sunday morning worship services along with a list of needed items, and members are encouraged to go shop after church, and bring the donations back to the church that afternoon. Two large trucks were waiting at the church campus to be filled and delivered to Graceworks. Donations were taRead More....