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United in faith to offer hope

By Dan Duffey

dduffey@charlotteobserver.com
Cameron Jenkins 18 (left), struggles to keep from dropping two heavy bags of potatoes, her mom Jan Jenkins (center), both volunteer at the potato drop held at Mooresville Christian Mission. Williamson's Chapel UMC in Mooresville hosted a potato drop from12:30 to 4:30. Dozens of volunteers sorted, bagged and distributed 40,000 pounds of potatoes to ministries all over the area on Sunday,April 19,2015.
Cameron Jenkins 18 (left), struggles to keep from dropping two heavy bags of potatoes, her mom Jan Jenkins (center), both volunteer at the potato drop held at Mooresville Christian Mission. Williamson's Chapel UMC in Mooresville hosted a potato drop from12:30 to 4:30. Dozens of volunteers sorted, bagged and distributed 40,000 pounds of potatoes to ministries all over the area on Sunday,April 19,2015. Robert Lahser rlahser@charlotteobserver.com

Volunteers at Williamson’s Chapel United Methodist Church in Mooresville bagged and distributed about 40,000 pounds of potatoes to soup kitchens, shelters and other organizations on Sunday. Hundreds of volunteers gathered at the Mooresville Christian Mission to sort and bag the potatoes, donated by distributors in eastern North Carolina, and put them into 10-pound bags that were handed out to charities from a nine-county area. The potato drop was a mission project of the church and was coordinated by the gleaning network of Society of St. Andrew, which salvages crops that might otherwise rot in the fields and distributes them to organizations that help the needy.

This story was originally published April 20, 2015 at 1:58 PM with the headline "United in faith to offer hope."

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