Lions Club Donation

January 2018
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​Diamondhead Lions Club President Carl Necaise presents a $1000 check to Jim Collins, Executive Director of the Hancock County Food Pantry. These funds were part of the proceeds from the Third Annual Walk for Sight held this past October.

Holy Trinity 4th Grade Hosts Food Fight

April 2018
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As a class service project, the 4th grade class of Holy Trinity recently hosted a food fight among the classes to benefit the Hancock County Food Pantry. Each morning the fourth graders would collect and count items gathered in each classroom. A total of 807 items or 647 pounds of food were collected, and though the competition was fierce, the 4th grade class claimed first place with a donation of 216 items. Holy Trinity is a Catholic elementary school for children ages 2 through 6th grade.

MGM Resorts Grant

April 2018
Cast members from the Beau Rivage Casino recently presented a $10,000 grant check from the MGM Resorts Foundation to representatives of the Hancock County Food Pantry. ​​
​Pictured from back left are Beau Rivage cast members Marie Twiggs, Johnnie Mae Applewhite, Lisa Labat and Roxann Reeves. From front left are Jim Collins, Executive Director of the Hancock County Food Pantry, Marcie Baria, Chairman of the Hancock County Food Pantry Board of Directors, Sarah Cormier from Beau Rivage and John Wittliff, Treasurer of the Hancock County Food Pantry.

Boys and Girls Club Food Drive

April 2018
When the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast, Hancock County Unit, learned that the Hancock County Food Pantry was in dire need of donations, the teen members of the Keystone and Torch Clubs – BGC’s internal Leadership Clubs - organized a club wide food drive to help fill the supply gap.
The Boys & Girls Club members were able to fill several large tubs with 289 pounds of non-perishable food items. Members of the Keystone and Torch Clubs also visited the Food Pantry and helped with the unloading of supply trucks as part of their Community Service commitments.