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Virginia |
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Regional Director:
Sarah Ramey |
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3383 Sweet Hollow Road
Big Island, VA 24526 |
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(434) 299-5956
Toll Free: (800)
333-4597
FAX: (434) 299-5949 |
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Society of
St. Andrew, Virginia
The national headquarters for
the Society of St. Andrew is in
Big Island -
near Lynchburg, Virginia.
This office coordinates all the
ministries of the organization,
and oversees the regional
offices in Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Mississippi, North
Carolina, Tennessee, and the
SoSA West office in Kansas City.
The Big Island office
also
serves as the
regional office
for our Virginia operations.
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Watch a
video
interview of
Winchester area gleaning
coordinator
Betty Heishman on Channel 3's
Talk of the Town |
The Society of St. Andrew has
delivered nearly 90 million
pounds of salvaged potatoes and
other food to the needy in
Virginia through the Potato and
Produce Project. This has
resulted in approximately 180
million servings of food going
to Virginia's hungry.
The Society of St. Andrew
operates a statewide,
volunteer-driven Gleaning
Network in
Virginia that coordinates
with local farmers, thousands of
volunteers, and food-providing
agencies.
Through the Virginia Gleaning
Network, each
year we coordinate
thousands of volunteers in
six
local areas who enter fields
after farmers have finished
harvesting and simply pick up
the tons of edible produce left
behind. Our volunteers represent
groups from various church
denominations, synagogues, youth
groups, other civic
organizations, and inner city
residents. We annually glean
over a million pounds of a wide
variety of produce in Virginia.
Please join us in this
exciting hands-on ministry.
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Virginia
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We can arrange gleanings based
on any desired date! Call us or
fill out and submit the form at
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Most gleaning events take place
on weekends where gleaners
arrive in the fields around 8am
and are on their way home by
noon. Society of St. Andrew
makes all arrangements with
farmers, produce containers and
food distribution. All that
volunteer gleaners need to do is
show up. Volunteer groups are
encouraged to take food back to
agencies or programs that they
support in their local area.
People of all ages can glean.
Gleaners should be able to bend
over and should be able to bend
and lift several pounds of
produce.
It is important that the contact
person be reachable by phone
during day-time hours.
Most of our gleanings are in the
morning and last three to four
hours. Gleanings are scheduled
week days and on Saturdays.
If you have questions about when
local crops are available, we
would be happy to help.
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Area Gleaning
Coordinators |
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Charlottesville |
Jim Hassmer |
Charlottesville,
Virginia
434-466-4375 |
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Eastern Shore |
open |
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Richmond |
Jacqueline Pugh |
Ruther Glen,
Virginia
804-448-4657 (h),
804-339-5431 (cell) |
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Southside |
Martha Reed
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Blackstone, Virginia
434-292-6251 (h),
434-294-3002 (cell) |
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Southwest |
Karen
Dennis |
Wytheville, Virginia
276-620-9446 (cell) |
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Tidewater |
Sharon Wallace |
Virginia
Beach,
Virginia
757-546-4646
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Winchester |
Betty Heishman
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Stephens City, Virginia
540-869-1669 (h), 540-336-2177
(cell) |
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