09/15/2026
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐?
Several months ago, we shared that the amount of canned and dry goods the JMMH receives from Harvest Hope had been declining. For canned goods alone, the decrease amounted to nearly 400 cans each month.
Ali Chamblee, a local Fountain Inn high school special education teacher, saw that post and decided she wanted to do something about it.
Her first call was to our ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. She asked store manager ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฏ๐๐ฟ๐ป if Food Lion would host a food drive for JMMH. He readily agreed.
Then Ali reached out to her friends and Facebook followers with a simple request: when they shopped at Food Lion, would they purchase a few extra items and donate them to JMMH?
They responded.
In just four days, Ali, her friends, and Food Lion collected over 500 canned goods, along with an assortment of dry goodsโone of the largest food-drive donations JMMH has received.
Think about that for a moment. One person saw a need. She made a phone call. She reached out to her friends. And because she cared enough to act, hundreds of items of food will find their way onto the tables of neighbors who are struggling to make ends meet.
Our heartfelt thanks to Ali Chamblee for taking the initiative, to Scott Mashburn and our Fountain Inn Food Lion for saying โyes,โ and to every person who purchased and donated food. You have made a real difference for families in our community.
Sometimes making a difference doesn't begin with a large organization or a complicated plan.
๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐, โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ.โ
Thank you, Ali. โค๏ธ
James Monroe Mission House
๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐. ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ผ๐.
Ali Chamblee
