School Ends as Church Converts to Lunchroom
Mount Zion Restoration Church in Gastonia shifts from weekly food bags to summertime meals for children. Partners with Second Harvest to provide 300 plus groceries weekly, a program years in the making. Volunteers started 13 years ago and now run mobile pantries and donations, feeding thousands.
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Mount Zion Restoration Church
Gastonia
Rodney Freeman
Mount Zion
Second Harvest Food Bank
Mount Zion Church Runs Free Summer Food Program
Mount Zion Restoration Church at 2311 Crescent Lane Gastonia hosts Bountiful Blessings each Wednesday at 9 a.m. providing grocery bags to about 350 people weekly and over 14 000 fed last year. Youth summer lunches run Tuesdays and Thursdays 11 30 a.m. to 12 30 p.m. on site until mid August.
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Mount Zion Restoration Church
Crescent Lane
Gastonia
Two Gastonia men found dead in York County truck blaze
Aron Lucas Young and Jerry Dwayne Farmer, both of Gastonia, were identified by the York County coroner as the men found dead in a burned pickup in Blacksburg, S C, last week. Investigators say the deaths followed a shooting in Blacksburg and a suspect murder charge was filed against Donald Creswell Jr. and Steven Parker. Young’s mother Terri described the family’s heartbreak and the impact of addiction.
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