JELLICO, Tenn. — Mission of Hope partnered with Compassion Ministries this weekend to help hundreds of families in need in rural East Tennessee.
The two East Tennessee ministries held their third drive-thru outreach event of the year on Saturday at Jellico High School to provide necessary food and hygiene items to people.
Mission of Hope said more than 2,000 people came to the outreach event.
"The volunteer effort has been tremendous. Everyone needs hope, and this is how we bring it," Emmette Thompson, Mission of Hope's executive director, said.
The two said the outreach event was a major success thanks to the help of more than 100 volunteers in the area.
"Right now we've done about 485 families, which is a true blessing for this community up in Campbell County. We've had over a hundred and something volunteers, which made it a beautiful day," Robin Rolland, executive director of Compassion Ministries, said.
Compassion Ministries said its next local food pantry event will be held at Cornerstone Church in Farragut starting at 3 p.m. on Thursday, July 21. It also tentatively plans to hold other events at least once a month throughout the year.