George Walton Collecting For
Empty Stocking Fund
The Empty Stocking Fund of Walton County started in 1971 as a way to help the hungry and needy families in Walton County during the Christmas holiday through collection and disbursement of both non-perishable and perishable food items. The main means of collection is through can collections organized by our local schools. The incredible part of this intra-county campaign is the “full circle” nature of help this service provides. In 2012, the Empty Stocking Fund of Walton County distributed 400 boxes of food to families within our communities. The boxes included over 30 cans of food, a loaf of bread, a dozen eggs, a frozen hen, 5 bags of dry beans, 2 bags of rice, a box of cereal, a box of brownie mix, a pound of sugar, a container of flour, a container of cooking oil, and a box of scalloped potatoes along with several other food containers to each family. This year we are increasing that number to 500 with the main source of growth coming from identified students with need.
Thank you for all that you do to support this and other efforts
to lend a helping hand to those in need in Walton County! In the past
George Walton Academy has been the largest contributor to the Empty Stocking
Fund. Please help us continue this tradition of giving by opening your hearts to those in need. Begin sending your food items in tomorrow. Know that through your example, you are teaching your children to be gracious and compassionate during this season of thanksgiving.
Empty Stocking Fund
The Empty Stocking Fund of Walton County started in 1971 as a way to help the hungry and needy families in Walton County during the Christmas holiday through collection and disbursement of both non-perishable and perishable food items. The main means of collection is through can collections organized by our local schools. The incredible part of this intra-county campaign is the “full circle” nature of help this service provides. In 2012, the Empty Stocking Fund of Walton County distributed 400 boxes of food to families within our communities. The boxes included over 30 cans of food, a loaf of bread, a dozen eggs, a frozen hen, 5 bags of dry beans, 2 bags of rice, a box of cereal, a box of brownie mix, a pound of sugar, a container of flour, a container of cooking oil, and a box of scalloped potatoes along with several other food containers to each family. This year we are increasing that number to 500 with the main source of growth coming from identified students with need.
As a general rule we accept non-perishable food items, mainly in
the form of non-glass container canned goods, from your staff, students and
parents.
Thank you for all that you do to support this and other efforts
to lend a helping hand to those in need in Walton County! In the past
George Walton Academy has been the largest contributor to the Empty Stocking
Fund. Please help us continue this tradition of giving by opening your hearts to those in need. Begin sending your food items in tomorrow. Know that through your example, you are teaching your children to be gracious and compassionate during this season of thanksgiving.
In addition, Tuesday, December 17th, will be GWA night at the
armory. From 5:00 – 8:00 all willing and able volunteers
with ties to GWA are asked to help sort the collected food. It is sure to
be a lot of fun and a great way for GWA to show its community support. We
hope to have a great turn-out with faculty and staff leading the way.
