Fifteen golden spoons stood in orange-colored dirt like the Sword of Excalibur to celebrate a space that will soon be turned into America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia’s newest facility.
The nonprofit food bank and community partnering organization is amplifying its fight to end hunger and feed the hungry with a 143,226-square-foot building at 1380 Chatham Parkway.
The new building will include warehouse space, a volunteer center and agency marketplace, a Kids Cafe commercial kitchen, and administrative offices and training space. What started with a building that is now over 50 years old has progressed into the opportunity to provide another facility that will make the food banks more accessible.
Credit: Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News
Credit: Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News
"Today is such an exciting day ... as we move forward with our project to feed the future of our community," said Mary Jane Crouch, executive director of America's Second Harvest, as she spoke to a crowd over 50 guests.
Among the speakers at the groundbreaking was Chester Ellis, Chatham County commissioner chair; Rusty Haygood, the Georgia Department of Community Affairs’ deputy commissioner of community development and finance; Trip Tollison, president and CEO of the Savannah Economic Development Authority; and Jay Melder, Chatham County city manager.
Credit: Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News
Credit: Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News
"This new facility is going to ensure that they're able to do that better, with more efficiency and serve more households in Savannah and Chatham County and in the entire region," Melder said. "And it's going to lift our foundation from which we can advance as a community."
White hard hats fitted the heads of board members, staff members and elected officials as they spooned orange dirt to break ground to "move into the future to end hunger."
This article originally appeared on Savannah Morning News: America’s Second Harvest breaks ground on new campus, same fight to end hunger
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