- April 25, 2024
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Flagler Beach residents Linda Lazear and Susan Roach walk with the Grace Tabernacle Ministries sign. Photo by Paige Wilson
Palm Coast resident Haylie Allegra, Daytona Beach resident Bissy Holden and Bunnell Mayor Catherine Robinson, all representing Florida Healthcare Plans, start the walk. Photo by Paige Wilson
Grace Tabernacle Ministries member Don Price sings at the walk. Photo by Paige Wilson
Mina Suryaprasad, Florida Wealth Planning representative, and Anio Suryaprasad walk with their dog Enzo. Photo by Paige Wilson
Representing Belle Terre Elementary School, Ellen O'Saughnessy and Issac Elderedge pick up the pace around the track. Photo by Paige Wilson
About 200 people took strides around the track at Flagler Palm Coast High School on Saturday, March 3, for Grace Community Food Pantry's third-annual Walk For Food.
About $9,000 was raised from the fundraising efforts starting in January through the event, said Grace Community Food Pantry Volunteer Dottie Colletta.
"This is really just great," Coletta said. "It'll put food on the table and food in kids' bellies."
Grace Tabernacle Ministries Pastor Charles Silano said he's proud of the volunteers' hard work.
"It means a lot," he said. "Not only are they having fun, but they're passionate about the pantry. ... It's like one big family."
Grace Community Food Pantry serves nearly 3,000 families per month with much-needed food and necessities, according to a press release.
Walk participants donated nonperishable items and bid on raffle items at the event.
"Even if it's a canned good or a dollar, people don't think something small can make a difference, but it does," said Melinda Myles, Indian Trails Middle School coordinator.
The pantry also sponsors an event called Access Flagler on the first Friday of every other month, where between 40 to 50 vendors and service agencies gather to offer haircuts, job placement, health screenings, housing and other social service resources.
The pantry's Fed by Grace Backpack Program brings food to the area schools in a backpack every Friday for parents of homeless children and children in need, so that the children have food for the weekend. In 2017, the pantry distributed 1,591 bags of food during the school year to students in need.
Visit GraceCommunityFoodPantry.com.
