Front Royal Elks Lodge #2382 used a $2,500 Gratitude Grant from Elks National Foundation to help feed families in distress

Reaching Out Now is working with the principals of Warren County Public Schools to provide meals for local families who have fallen on hard times due to losing their jobs. With schools closed, families and children have limited access to meals. Warren County Public School Food Services is providing breakfast and lunch to students, and Reaching Out Now is extending that support to provide meals for the whole family unit. In the past 3 weeks, they have prepared and delivered 1,600 meals.

Samantha Barber is Founder and President of Reaching Out Now. She said the Warren Co. School System opened the Blue Ridge Technical Building on Luray Avenue in Front Royal for the meal preparations to take place. Devin Smith, Culinary teacher at the Technical School is helping prepare the meals on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays of each week. They are currently serving 47 families, which includes 80 children. Volunteers pick up the meals and deliver to all of the homes. While they are picking up additional families every day, and they are in desperate need of donations and volunteers to continue their great work for those in need.

Devin Smith, Samantha Barber and Jim Sheppard

Front Royal Elk member, Shane Goodwin, is one of their volunteers. Shane is principal of E. Wilson Morrison Elementary School. He keeps busy delivering to the families.

Shane Goodwin, Samantha Barber  and Jim Sheppard

Front Royal Elks are proud to be part of this service to the families in the community and thank Elks National Foundation for the $2,500 Gratitude Grant for 2020-2021.