Food For The Hungry Board President Austin Swallow shared details about the second pop up food distribution that took place on Saturday 11/22!
He explained what each family received at the distribution. He also shared that around 150 families were blessed!
Austin also gave thanks to all involved with this pop up food distribution and talked a little about the upcoming 44th annual Food For The Hungry Drive.
To learn more about Food For The Hungry click HERE!
For our Friday Favorites, our hosts on The Morning Thing shared their favorite Thanksgiving food! It is that time and we can’t wait to see all the food on our tables!
We sat down with Austin Swallow, the Food For The Hungry Board President! They are getting started early this year by helping families with some pop-up food distributions in our community.
Austin tells us the motivation behind these events and he gives us the details on one happening very soon! He also talks about the upcoming Food For The Hungry Drive happening in December.
Today on The Morning Thing, Marcy and Xander explored some great ways to take Thanksgiving to the next level! These are tips that will make you and your family love the holiday even more.
Some of our favorites:
Start a New Tradition
Combine Travel with a Tourist Activity
Choose a Friends-giving or a self-giving act
To view the full list click HERE! You won’t regret it!
We spoke with Jill Haught who is part of the Operation Christmas Child Central Ohio Team and oversees church relations in Knox County.
Jill shared a little about her role with the ministry and why it is special to her. She also gave some advice for packing shoeboxes and told us where to take them.
Lastly, she listed some goals that they have for this year’s collection and told us how we can be praying for Operation Christmas Child!
This years goals for our local collection points:
Brandon Baptist Church – 4,457 Boxes
Faith Baptist Church – 1,201 Boxes
To learn more about Operation Christmas Child click HERE!
We got the chance to speak with Dr. Bob Tocheff, MVNU Professor of Music, about their upcoming performance of Handel’s Messiah!
This is MVNU’s 57th performance and Bob has been directing for the past 35 years.
He shares with us an overview of the program and dives a little into each of the three parts. He also explains how this event helps MVNU students and how important it can be.