Up & Coming Weekly

September 18, 2018

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SEPTEMBER 19-25, 2018 UCW 25 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM Hope Mills News & Views NEWS Editor's note: This story was writ- ten prior to the arrival of Hurricane Florence. While the town hopes to pro- ceed as scheduled with the event, it is possible this could be postponed. The annual fall litter sweep for the town of Hope Mills is scheduled for this Saturday, Sept. 22. The town is seeking volunteers to fan out from Town Hall on Rockfish Road and either pick up roadside trash in their own neighborhoods, or if they prefer, visit a location identified by the town as an area in need of a good cleanup. The parks and recreation department previously handled the event, but Beth Brown and the storm water department now oversee it. Brown said volunteers of all ages are welcome to come out and take part in the sweep. Younger children are welcome to assist, but they need to be accompanied by an adult. All volunteers need to come to Town Hall the day of the sweep at 8 a.m. and sign up and pick up some items they'll need to take part. Among the things the town will pro- vide are reflective vests, trash bags, devices to pick up the trash with and gloves. Water will also be provided to the volunteers. Once each person has finished col- lecting trash, the bags can either be left in the area where they were collected for roadside trash pickup or brought back to Town Hall. Brown added that the emphasis is on gathering roadside trash and that volun- teers shouldn't wander off into wooded areas and definitely need to avoid going near a waterway. In addition to the litter sweep, the town will hold a shredding event on Saturday, also at Town Hall. Town residents can bring all types of personal documents to be shredded. The documents will not be shredded on-site, Brown said. They will have bins for people to bring their material to shred, which can include CD's. Folks can bag or box their documents to bring them down and deposit them in the collection bins, Brown said. If anyone has questions about either the litter sweep or the shredding event, they can contact Brown or Tyler Riddle at 910-429-3516 or 910-429-3517. Town set to host fall litter sweep and shredding event by EARL VAUGHAN JR. South View opening food pantry to aid students by EARL VAUGHAN JR. Retired Sgt. Maj. Ruby Murray Since coming to South View High School as the school's ROTC advisor, retired Sgt. Maj. Ruby Murray became aware of a problem. "I noticed there were a lot of kids that weren't getting nutrition, not getting any food whatsoever,'' she said. She was referring to students who did not qualify for either a free or reduced lunch, but still had problems finding enough to eat. Murray shared a vision originally pushed by South View's principal, Dr. Tonjai Robertson, of finding a way to help out those undernourished students who fell through the cracks. Over the summer, Murray said she had the idea of coming up with a food pantry created from public donations. Now she's on the way to achieving that goal. "Basically, donations will be non- perishable food, stuff for breakfast and lunch,'' Murray said. The plan is to store the food in a pan- try at South View, then Murray and par- ent volunteers will prepare pre-packed breakfasts and lunches and give them to students who qualify. Murray is hoping to get donations from the general public and is also lining up donations from commercial vendors. Anyone interested in making a dona- tion to the program can drop off food at South View during regular school hours, or call the school and make arrangements for Murray to come and pick it up. For those who would prefer to give monetary donations so Murray can go and purchase the food directly, those will be accepted as well. It's hoped that the program will be up and running by the end of the month. Murray said they are still working out the kinks that will determine which stu- dents at the school will be eligible for the free meals. For further information on the pro- gram, contact Murray at South View at 910-425-8181.

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