Sterling United Methodist Church Potato Drop

Sterling United Methodist Church (SUMC) coordinated another Potato Drop this year.  SUMC received 42,000 lbs of potatoes from Society of St. Andrew, as a part of their potato and produce project.   In late November, 150 volunteers repackaged most of the potatoes from 50 lb. bags to 5 and 10 lb. bags.

These bags were then distributed to 28 food banks, schools, homeless shelters, and soup kitchens in the Washington Metropolitan Area.   Deliveries were made as far away as Winchester, Virginia and Crisfield, Maryland.

According to Church Ministries Administrator Phil Mohr, 184 local needy Sterling families came to the church on the day of the Potato Drop and also received 5 and 10 lb. bags of potatoes. In early December, 52 more local families in the SUMC Grace Ministry received potatoes.

The potato distribution by site and number of pounds is as follows:

7 Loaves in Middleburg

500

Arlington Food Assistance Center

2,000

Capital Area Food Bank

5,000

Catholic Charities

300

Central Union Mission

3,750

Coalition Against Hunger

4,000

Community of Faith UMC

500

Cornerstones (Reston Interfaith)

200

Deshong's Giftback

200

Food for Others

6,000

Francis Hazel Reed E.S.

670

Good shepherd Alliance

60

Guilford E.S.

1,700

Haymarket Food Bank

100

Immanuel UMC Crisfield, MD.

750

Laws

20

LINK

4,500

Loudoun Cares

50

Loudoun Interfaith Relief

4,000

Messiah UMC/Grace Ministry

250

Mobile Hope

1,000

Park View High School

500

Rolling Ridge E.S.

500

Salvation Army

200

St. Stephens/Grace Ministry

1,000

Sterling Elementary School

500

Sterling UMC Grace Ministry

500

Sterling UMC Local Distribution

1,000

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