Category: food

Knox County’s Food For The Hungry Drive helps Interchurch Social Services meet the needs in our community

WNZR talked with Joy Harris, Executive Director of Knox County’s Interchurch Social Services.
Joy shared the current needs of her 4 offices around the county – Mount Vernon, Centerburg, Fredericktown and Danville.
She also shared how the Food For The Hungry campaign helps them meet the needs of many families throughout the year.

Joy shares a Top 10 list for the pantry, plus how $1.00 can turn into $9.50 worth of food!

Click HERE to hear Joy’s conversation with WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart.

You can stay connected to the Food For The Hungry calendar in a few ways

Website – www.foodforthehungrycares.org
Facebook – Food For The Hungry of Knox County
Twitter and Instagram – FFTH Cares

#WNZR #TheMorningThing #FFTHCares #WorkingTogether #FFTHKnoxCounty

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The Knox County Service Club Challenge to benefit Food For The Hungry is back!

WNZR talked with Carol Grubaugh today about the exciting Knox County Service Club challenge to collect donations to benefit Food For The Hungry.
Carol is Executive Director for the Knox County Chamber of Commerce, Knox County Convention and Visitors Bureau and Main Street Mount Vernon.

She shared the details of this challenge. 5 clubs are participating: Lions Club, Kiwanis Club, Psi Iota Xi, Rotary Club and Soroptimist Club.

She also shares why it is so important for people to get involved by donating and volunteering this year.

Click HERE to hear Carol’s conversation with WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart.

You can stay connected to the Food For The Hungry calendar in a few ways

Website – www.foodforthehungrycares.org
Facebook – Food For The Hungry of Knox County
Twitter and Instagram – FFTH Cares

#WNZR #TheMorningThing #FFTHCares #WorkingTogether #FFTHKnoxCounty

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The Fredericktown Christmas Walk Craft Show returns this Saturday!

WNZR talked with Cecelia McClelland, Fredericktown Christmas Walk Committee member about this exciting event to support families in Fredericktown.

Cecelia coordinates the annual Crafters Exhibit at the First Presbyterian Church, 17 South Main Street in Fredericktown.

Click HERE to hear Cecelia’s conversation with WNZR’s Wesley Boston.

Stay up to date on everything happening with the 2021 Fredericktown Christmas Walk on their Facebook Page – Click HERE

You can stay connected to the Food For The Hungry calendar in a few ways

Website – www.foodforthehungrycares.org
Facebook – Food For The Hungry of Knox County
Twitter and Instagram – FFTH Cares

#WNZR #TheMorningThing #FFTHCares #WorkingTogether #FFTHKnoxCounty

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The Knox County Career Center Basket Auction is back!

WNZR talked with Jim Riggle from the Knox County Career Center about their 2021 Basket Auction to benefit Food For The Hungry.

There are 10 themed baskets up for bid, along with two other individual items – a gliding bench and 1 Ton of wood pellets.

You can bid now at https://www.32auctions.com/kcccffth2021

Bidding closes at 3pm on Friday, December 10th. The winning bidders will be announced at 3:30pm on the Annual Food For The Hungry Broadcast. Watch it at www.mvnu.tv

Click HERE to hear Jim’s conversation with WNZR’s Wesley Boston.

You can stay connected to the Food For The Hungry calendar in a few ways

Website – www.foodforthehungrycares.org
Facebook – Food For The Hungry of Knox County
Twitter and Instagram – FFTH Cares

#WNZR #TheMorningThing #FFTHCares #WorkingTogether #FFTHKnoxCounty

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The Catch Me If You Can 5K Fun Run/Walk returns to the Fredericktown Christmas Walk this Saturday!

WNZR talked with Ellen Hoam of the Fredericktown Christmas Walk Committee about one of the exciting events on this year’s calendar – the 5K Run and Walk.

Click HERE to hear Ellen’s conversation with WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart.

Click HERE to register.

Stay up to date on everything happening with the 2021 Fredericktown Christmas Walk on their Facebook Page – https://www.facebook.com/Fredericktown-Annual-Christmas-Walk-and-Auction-750047435033075

You can stay connected to the Food For The Hungry calendar in a few ways

Website – www.foodforthehungrycares.org
Facebook – Food For The Hungry of Knox County
Twitter and Instagram – FFTH Cares

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The Fredericktown Christmas Walk returns this Saturday!

WNZR talked with two committee members today about this exciting event to support families in Fredericktown.

Joely Lepley gives us an overview of the Christmas Walk schedule and thanks the generous sponsors for their support.

Click HERE to hear Joley’s conversation with WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart.

Shari Miller talks about the two different auctions taking place this year. You can participate in a Facebook Auction of donated themed baskets, service offerings, gift certificates and more. The Facebook Auction will be held from 12/5 until 11:59PM on 12/11.
On Saturday, 12/4, a live auction will be held at 3pm in the newly renovated Council Chambers (formerly Senior Citizen Building). This will be a scrumptious food auction. Donations can be dropped off at Council Chambers between 12pm and 3pm on December 4th – the day of the Fredericktown Christmas Walk.

Click HERE to hear Shari’s conversation with WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart.

Stay up to date on everything happening with the 2021 Fredericktown Christmas Walk on their Facebook Page – https://www.facebook.com/Fredericktown-Annual-Christmas-Walk-and-Auction-750047435033075

You can stay connected to the Food For The Hungry calendar in a few ways

Website – www.foodforthehungrycares.org
Facebook – Food For The Hungry of Knox County
Twitter and Instagram – FFTH Cares

#WNZR #TheMorningThing #FFTHCares #WorkingTogether #FFTHKnoxCounty

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Food For Fines is back at the Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County

WNZR’s Wesley Boston talked with John Chidester of the Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County about their annual Food For Fines campaign. They talked about the legacy of this collection and how it is so important to partner together to meet the needs in our community.

Click HERE to hear their conversation.

For more about Food For Fines and Library activities, go to: https://www.knox.net/

You can stay connected to the Food For The Hungry calendar in a few ways

Website – www.foodforthehungrycares.org
Facebook – Food For The Hungry of Knox County
Twitter and Instagram – FFTH Cares

#WNZR #TheMorningThing #FFTHCares #WorkingTogether #FFTHKnoxCounty

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It’s Thanksgiving Eve!

This morning we talked about some tips to make Thanksgiving successful this year. We all know things can get a little crazy so here are “10 Sanity-Saving Thanksgiving Tips, Tricks and Hacks” brought to you by Food Network. Here are some of the tricks…

  • Ice Chest As a Fridge
  • Pennies As Pie Weights
  • Aluminum Foil As a Roasting Rack
  • Slow Cooker As Mashed Potato Keeper
  • Measuring Cup As a Fat Separator

Click HERE to read all of the tips and tricks. Hope these hacks help your Thanksgiving go a lot smoother!

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We Run MV partners with Food For The Hungry for the 2021 Turkey Trot

What will you be doing on Thanksgiving morning?
We Run MV encourages you to join them at Mount Vernon Nazarene University for the 11th Annual Turkey Trot.

This special race benefits the 40th annual Food For The Hungry Drive!
WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart talked with Scott Burgess about this wonderful opportunity to get some exercise and help others in our community.

Click HERE to hear the conversation!

Registration starts at 8am. The race starts at 9am.
Register at the MVNU R.R. Hodges Chapel.

Stay connected with this special 40th Anniversary campaign at www.foodforthehungrycares.org

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Psi Iota Xi celebrates the 2021 Elementary School Collection for Food For The Hungry

Monday, 11/22/21 was an exciting day for members of the Psi Iota Xi Sorority. The collections at elementary schools across Knox County were picked up and brought to a warehouse at Blubaugh Body & Frame.

WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart talked with members of Psi Iota Xi about this incredible project to support the Knox County Food For The Hungry Drive. Sandra Fithian, Carolyn Douglass, Elaine Ambrosiani, and Debbie Ruggles shared their passion for community service. They also shared their excitement about getting our youth involved in serving others.

Marcy also had the chance to chat with the “Food Pickup Guys” – Jerry Scott, Dave Ewart, Kevin Mishey and John Feltman. These gentlemen volunteer each year to pick up the food from all the elementary schools. They talk about how important it is to be a volunteer and the value of having kids involved in community service.

Click HERE to hear the exciting conversation!

The totals for the 2021 Psi Iota Xi Elementary School Collection will be announced during the annual Food For The Hungry Broadcast on Saturday, December 10th. The top student collectors will also be recognized on this broadcast.

Stay connected with this special 40th Anniversary campaign at www.foodforthehungrycares.org

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