LAURINBURG — Church and Community Services teamed up with Southeastern Community Action Partnership (SCAP) to deliver 200 fruit and vegetable boxes to seniors over the age of 55 Friday and continue the partnership next month.
According to Denise Riggins, Coordinator of Financial Assistance, “This is a CARES ACT project using funding that SCAP received to help relieve the stress that COVID has had upon those in the communities it serves. Last week, they held a similar program in Robeson County and we are so pleased that they are now offering these boxes to our seniors in Scotland County.”
Kathleen Lowe Jacobs, director of community service block grant for SCAP, said that they wanted to do a service to assist seniors because they often get overlooked.
“So, we used some of these funds to assist those elderly folks with some non-parishable food and fresh fruits and vegetables.
In addition to this offering, SCAP will return on June 3 to assist clients in need with partial payments to help with rent and utilities. This project is for persons who fall below the 2021 2022 guidelines for poverty. SCAP will bring a team of workers in to the Church Community Servies (CCS) building to take application for those who fall below the guidelines listed in order to assist them with rent or utilities.
Because this is an outside agency, those who may have reached a limit for help from Church Community Services (CCS) or even those who may have been helped recently by CCS may apply for this funding.
Applications for this assistance will be taken on a first come first served basis on Friday, June 3, beginning at 8:30 a.m.