A pair of area service groups are helping the Jacksonville Salvation Army with its mission of providing food for the needy ahead of its big move.
Salvation Army Captain Chris Clarke says they are extremely grateful to the Rotary Club of Jacksonville and the Jacksonville Children’s Foundation who have donated funds toward the purchase of some much-needed equipment for the Salvation Army’s Client Choice Food Pantry.
“In preparation of the Salvation Army moving into our new at the former Gamble Student Center on the MacMurray campus, we’re going to have a much larger food pantry, and we were able to receive donations to purchase a second and third double glass door freezer, which our clients are able to shop from for the items that they need at our Client’s Choice Food Pantry.”
The 45-square-foot freezers…