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The South Carolina Library Association invites you to join Books & Beyond: Filling Plates, Fueling Minds, a virtual and in-person food drive dedicated to nourishing our communities while celebrating the power of knowledge and connection. Just as libraries provide resources to feed the mind, this campaign helps feed families across South Carolina. By contributing non-perishable food items or donating virtually, you help ensure that everyone has access to both sustenance and inspiration. Together, we can turn pages into plates and stories into support for those in need.
In Support of Harvest Hope Food Bank
Harvest Hope is South Carolina’s largest food bank, providing over 25 million meals on average to neighbors in need across the Midlands, Pee Dee and Upstate. Harvest Hope is on a mission to eliminate hunger and food insecurity in South Carolina. We rescue nutritious food from stores throughout the state and distribute it to food pantries, shelters, and soup kitchens.
We operate programs that provide food for our most vulnerable citizens – children, seniors, and rural residents who don’t have access to grocery stores. We also run our own emergency food pantries in Greenville and Columbia where anyone in need can get a week’s supply of groceries for free.
Harvest Hope began in 1981 as the result of a shared vision of business leaders and the faith community, who set out to provide for the hungry in Columbia. Since then, Harvest Hope has increased its mission to feed the hungry across 20 counties in South Carolina.