Give a hand this week: glean sweet potatoes, staff a winter shelter, fill the county food drive
Three ways to help your neighbors in Sussex County this week, plus a lunch talk on affordable housing.
Glean sweet potatoes for food pantries. Tuesday, Nov. 10, 10 a.m. to noon, Delmar. The Society of St. Andrew's ENDhunger program needs volunteers to glean sweet potatoes for local food pantries. Register
Help staff winter shelters. Monday, Nov. 9, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Bethany Beach. Code Purple holds a volunteer information night at St. Ann's Parish, 691 Garfield Parkway. A second session is Tuesday, Nov. 10, 6:30 to 8 p.m., at St. Jude Parish Life Center, 152 Tulip Drive, Lewes. Sign up through capecodepurple.org.
Fill the county's food drive. Sussex County's 43rd Caroling on The Circle drive for the Food Bank of Delaware runs through December. Drop off food at the county administration offices, 2 The Circle in Georgetown, at Food Lion stores or at the Bridgeville, Georgetown and Lewes libraries. Give online at fbd.org/caroling. The caroling itself is Thursday, Dec. 3, at 6 p.m. on The Circle. (County announcement)
Learn about affordable housing. Thursday, Nov. 12, noon to 2:30 p.m., Rehoboth Beach. The League of Women Voters of Sussex County hosts "Affordable Housing in Sussex County: Challenges, Choices, and Community Solutions" with speakers from First State Community Action Agency, at Three Notch'd Brewery & Craft Kitchen, 19266 Coastal Highway. Lunch is on separate checks. Register · LWV Sussex
Want your group's volunteer call in next week's issue? Send it to [email protected].
Sources
- https://mobilize.us/s/viigfn
- https://capecodepurple.org
- https://www.capegazette.com/article/code-purple-volunteer-information-night/356706
- https://sussexcountyde.gov/news/sussex-county-begins-food-drive-43rd-annual-caroling-circle-campaign
- https://fbd.org/caroling
- https://my.lwv.org/delaware/lwv-sussex-county-delaware
- https://signup.com/go/ByZNzBr
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