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\nThe Volunteer Center and Main Facility for Feeding America, Kentucky\u2019s Heartland have undergone some much needed upgrades.<\/p>\n
\nThe Volunteer Center and Main Facility for Feeding America, Kentucky\u2019s Heartland have undergone some much needed upgrades.<\/p>\n
Each year Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland hosts thousands of volunteers that give more than 10,000 hours of their valuable time helping their communities.<\/p>\n
Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland Executive Director, Jamie Sizemore, said the volunteer experience will be greatly improved with the new additions to the center that cost more than a million dollars to upgrade both areas which are located in Elizabethtown.<\/p>\n
The upgrades to the Volunteer Center feature a remodeled reception area with amenities like a kitchenette and interactive mural, lockers, and a volunteer lounge. It also included new heating and cooling units in the warehouse and a cardboard crusher.<\/p>\n
Over at the Main Facility, upgrades were needed after the sprinkler system froze and burst in 2022.<\/p>\n
Sizemore said many of the costs with foundation was covered by USDA and other grants along with regional organizational support.<\/p>\n
The Main Facility received upgrades to include nine offices, a large conference room. Additionally, there was a complete rebuild of cold storage areas that were original to the 1998 construction of the building. The warehouse was also included in the upgrades with new racking, two new forklifts and a new illuminated sign.<\/p>\n
In total, the upgrades for both facilities was an infrastructure investment of $1,044,915.<\/p>\n
To volunteer with Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland, call the Volunteer Center at 270-735-1407 or email volunteer@feedingamericaky.org.
\nSource: WBKO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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