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By Brianna Wray
the Times 

Waitsburg Resource Center Provides Help to Locals Year-Round

Volunteers are especially busy with special activities for the holiday season

 

November 22, 2018

Brianna Wray

First graders from Mrs. Hinchliffe's class lined up with their donations for the Waitsburg Resource Center Thursday. Together they raised over 130 items and learned the value of giving.

WAITSBURG-Volunteer Jenny Jones at the Waitsburg Resource Center found the doorway crowded Thursday by local first graders lined up with donations.

Mrs. Hinchliffe's class held a food drive, asking for Thanksgiving donations of nonperishable foods. In just over seven days, the group was able to gather 130 items, more than they could hold. Luckily the group brought along a wagon to shoulder the weight.

The Resource Center now receives about 7,000 pounds of food annually as in-kind donations from local clubs such as the Lions Club, the Waitsburg Odako Club, the Order of the Eastern Star, th...



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