Slow Food Upstate
A local chapter of Slow Food USA in the Upstate of South Carolina
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September 25, 2010 Slow Food National Volunteer Day
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In preparing for the Slow Food National Volunteer Day, my husband and I paid a visit to the Project Host Soup Kitchen, and wow, were we impressed.
Running like a Swiss clock, the volunteers were chopping cutting, baking, washing pots and pans and preparing for the beautiful faces already forming a line at the door by 10 am. We were shown the whole operation, kitchen to garden, to cooking school. Not only does this kitchen address hunger but also addresses the root causes of hunger, and the cooking school offers a life changing experience to those who would like to work in the food service industry but never had proper training. Lynn Denny, the head of the school, trains folks in a twelve week program to cook, budget, manage conflicts, develop interview and resume' skills in order to maintain employment at the completion of the course. All of this is free of charge to those in need.
The school and the kitchen are able to choose fresh vegetables from their enormous garden, maintained by the Master Gardeners program, and it is full of tomatoes, squash, peppers, and herbs, plenty to make any gardener jealous.
The Upstate is a vast Universe, and difficult to pull everyone in to one place for one day of volunteering. We are asking you to participate with all of the Slow Food Chapters across the United States in National Volunteer Day, “Dig In! Breaking Ground, Breaking Bread” and to join your fellow friends of Slow Food Upstate as we direct our mission towards Soup Kitchens and Food Banks all across the Upstate.
Here are ways you can help:
- Donate food from your garden, from your farmer’s market or retail grocer
- Donate your Time-call your local soup kitchen or food bank to make an appointment.
- Donate your money-send a check to your local food bank or soup kitchen.
- Donate your used cook books or write down your favorite recipes and send them to Lynn Denny, cooking class instructor at Project Host Soup Kitchen in Greenville.
Please e mail us and let us know your experiences and send us your photograph and we will post them on the Slow Food Upstate website blog. Here is a list of area locations where you can help.
Soup Kitchens and Food Banks
Abbeville
Golden Harvest Food Bank http://www.goldenharvest.org/
Aiken, S.C.
Vikki Adkins, vbadkins@goldenharvest.org
803-648-0752
Serving Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell Edgefield, Greenwood, McCormick, Oconee and Pickens
Anderson
Anderson Emergency Soup Kitchen
306 West Franklin Street – 864-224-4763
Operation Care (864) 716-0885
Location is 7.44 miles from city center Anderson
101 Mitchell Rd
Belton, SC 29627
Operation Care (864) 847-7090
Location is 12.61 miles from city center Anderson
3 Middleton Blvd
Williamston, SC 29697
Destiny’s Food Bank Ministries (864) 886-9722
Location is 20.43 miles from city center Anderson
400 E South 6th St
Seneca, SC 29678
Anderson Interfaith Ministries
http://www.aimcharity.org/
Food bank, emergency assistance
1202 South Murray Ave.
Anderson, SC 29624
Phone: 864-226-2273
Golden Harvest Food Bank
Food pantry serving 11 SC counties
Cherokee County Soup Kitchens & Shelters
Miracle Hill Ministries
Gaffney – 227 Henderson Street – 864-488-0376
Homeless shelter and food, always open
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina
Charlotte, NC Serving Cherokee, Lancaster, Spartanburg, Union and York
Kay Carter, kcarter@secondharvest.org
864-376-1785
Greenwood
Golden Harvest Food Bank http://www.goldenharvest.org/
Aiken, S.C.
Vikki Adkins, vbadkins@goldenharvest.org
803-648-0752
Serving Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell Edgefield, Greenwood, McCormick, Oconee and Pickens
Greenville
Harvest Hope Food Bank
5200 Pelham Road, Suite A – 864-281-3995
Distributes food to local pantries; individuals may call if emergency assistance is needed
Miracle Hill Ministries
575 West Washington Street – 864-242-6933
Homeless shelter and food, always open
Loaves & Fishes
25 Woods Lake Road, Suite 812 – 864-232-3595
Collecting and distributing excess perishable food to organizations helping the homeless
Project Host Soup Kitchen
525 South Academy Street
PO Box 345, Greenville, SC 29602 – 864-235-3403
Soup kitchen serving lunch daily
Greer
Greer Relief
Greer – 202 Victoria Street – 864-848-5355
Food pantry and emergency financial assistance
Pickens
Golden Harvest Food Bank
Aiken, S.C.
Vikki Adkins, vbadkins@goldenharvest.org
803-648-0752
Serving Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell Edgefield, Greenwood, McCormick, Oconee and Pickens
Piedmont
Piedmont Emergency Relief Center
3 Main Street – Piedmont, SC 29673 – 864-845-5355
Emergency food assistance
Slater-Marietta
Foothills Family Resources
Slater – 3 Main Street – 864-836-1100
Post Office Box 246
Slater, S.C. 29683
Food pantry Monday-Friday with canned and non-perishable items
Spartanburg
SC Hunters for the Hungry
864-585-9218
507 Amelia Avenue - Spartanburg, SC 29302
info@schuntersforthehungry.org
Community Food Bank of the Upstate
Scott Larsen P.O. Box 873
Mauldin, SC 29662
Visit our Warehouse at:
20 Maple Creek Circle, Greenville, SC 29607
864-277-0298 (phone) 864-277-0299 (phone) 864-277-0297 (fax)
South Carolina Food Bank Association
Harvest Hope Food Bank | Calhoun, Clarendon, Chester, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Fairfield, Florence, Greenville, Kershaw, Laurens, Lee, Lexington, Marion, Marlboro, Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland, Saluda and Sumter |
Lowcountry Food Bank | Berkeley, Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry Jasper and Williamsburg |
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina | Cherokee, Lancaster, Spartanburg, Union and York |
Golden Harvest Food Bank | Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell Edgefield, Greenwood, McCormick, Oconee and Pickens |
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