GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – Thursday at Bon Secours Wellness Arena, one hundred and fifty volunteers showed up to help clean and pack fifty thousand pounds of sweet potatoes for FoodShare program’s statewide to distribute.
One sweet potato after the other, volunteers from eighteen different Upstate organizations packaged them to help under-resourced communities in South Carolina.
“The reason this is so important is because we know so many people and under resource areas are lacking access to healthy fruits and vegetables, and we know that that causes so many diseases,” said Rhonda Rawlings with Mill Village. “So many of these illnesses will decrease just by adding healthy food into your diet, so we’re really, really excited to be here today for Yam Jam.”
Mill Village Farms said FoodShare Greenville is a core initiative of their organization. The organization said the purpose is “designed to make healthy, affordable produce accessible to everyone in Greenville County, regardless of income or location.”