With the federal budget stalemate, many people in Estill County are facing some real food insecurity problems. St Elizabeth’s Church maintains an emergency Food Bank, though we are currently fairly low on stock. If you can help, there are ways to do this:
You can donate money, by clicking on the Donate to St Elizabeth’s Button in the right-hand sidebar, and then clicking the Outreach button; all funds donated thus go to our charity outreach programs. You can bring non-perishable food to the Church, if you call our Outreach Coordinator, Tammy Noe, at 606-723-8216, so she can meet you to accept the donation.
If you are in need of food, call the same number, and Tammy can arrange to meet you to give you some of what we have available.
While St Elizabeth’s strives to help, we are not the only Food Bank in Estill County.
The Estill County Food Bank on Main Street in Ravenna, across from the park between Fifth and Sixth Streets, Building is signed “Youth Center.” Pick up times: 9:00 AM to noon, second and fourth Tuesdays of each month.
Ravenna Church of God, 210 Third St. Pick-up times: 10 a.m. to noon Thursday and Friday.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Diocese of Lexington believe that people can send a message to federal lawmakers to assist with this problem, and suggest using this link: https://www.votervoice.net/USCCB/Campaigns/131155/Respond.
