Mid-Year Update: Growth, Partnerships, Community Impact
By Kathy Beck, Vice Chair for Farm, Facilities, & Ag Education As we approach the midpoint of 2026, Feed Fannin extends heartfelt thanks to the Fannin County Board of Education … Read more
By Kathy Beck, Vice Chair for Farm, Facilities, & Ag Education As we approach the midpoint of 2026, Feed Fannin extends heartfelt thanks to the Fannin County Board of Education … Read more
Origins and Development The Feed Fannin/Barbara Ferer Research & Development Garden began in August 2018 at the former site of the Fannin County Family Connection Food Pantry in Blue Ridge. … Read more
Reported by Priscilla Cashman, Vice Chair for Food Purchases and Programs Feed Fannin grew, procured or purchased over 367,087.83 pounds of canned and staple goods, fresh produce, frozen food items, meats and … Read more
Feed Fannin elected a new chair at its Annual Meeting in February after Ron Ciochon needed to step down to care for his wife, Mary Kay Britzius, during a health … Read more
On April 24 the Feed Fannin Scholarship Committee met to review the scholarship applications received from graduating seniors of Fannin County High School. Members of the committee are Kelly Maniscalco, … Read more
Feed Fannin has been blessed to receive several generous donations recently that will be used to fund our initiatives to feed those in need. In addition to the anonymous donors … Read more
We Needed a Dedicated Vehicle for Transporting Food Last fall, Impact100 of Fannin County, an organization of women who pool their money to help nonprofits in our county, awarded … Read more
Longtime Feed Fannin volunteers Steve and Kathy Corey bid farewell to active involvement in the organization in August as they left the mountains to move closer to family in the … Read more
In September, the men’s group at Blue Ridge Methodist Church held its annual spaghetti dinner and donated a portion of the proceeds, $1,000, to Feed Fannin. The church also collected … Read more
So far, in 2025, Feed Fannin has packed 105 large staple boxes, weighing approximately 30 lbs. each, for senior-citizen and disabled residents of North Court Apartments, low-income housing in Blue … Read more