Every other Saturday at Out O’ Space Storage is a bustling scene with volunteers of The Village Hands packing up clothes, diapers, hygiene products — whatever they have to give — to mothers in need.
On a monthly average, the nonprofit provides needed items for at least 200 children in underserved areas of Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties. Kate Peabody established the organization in 2019, inspired by Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s charity work, and the nonprofit Baby2Baby, which provides basic necessities to mothers in need.
She reached out to other local agencies to gauge interest and need. What she heard back was a resounding “yes, do it.”…