VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS
BALDWIN COUNTY VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN DISASTER BCVOAD promotes cooperation, communication, coordination and collaboration and fosters more effective delivery of services to communities affected by disaster. As our name says, this is a group of volunteer organizations working together. The mission of BCVOAD is to foster efficient, coordinated service delivery to people affected by disaster while eliminating unnecessary duplication of effort through cooperation in the four phases of disaster: preparation, response, recovery and mitigation. It is important for the health and resiliency of our communities that organizations from churches, corporations, private businesses, nonprofits, Chambers of Commerce and more are members. Currently, BCVOAD is operating a COVID-19 Pandemic Long Term Recovery known as Baldwin Together that has expanded to include hosting the Baldwin County Commission’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program. To join, baldwincountyvoad@gmail.com or or find us on social media @Baldwin County VOAD.
PRODISEE PANTRY It’s about hunger at Prodisee Pantry. Food, family and faith describe how we do it. For 19 years, Baldwin County families struggling to put food on their tables have relied on this community, ministry to provide healthy foods, encouragement and connections to supportive programs that address other needs. Our dedicated, compassionate army of red t-shirt wearing volunteers faithfully serve the community distributing over one million pounds of food annually. Their service and the community’s wholehearted support makes it possible for Prodisee Pantry to hold 65 food distributions each year impacting some 28,000 individuals. Food distributions are held every Tuesday from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at our Spanish Fort facility at 9315 Spanish Fort Blvd. and on the second Saturday each month from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Zion Fountain AME Zion Church at 55185 Co. Road 21 in Stockton. Prodisee Pantry reaches families who otherwise would have to make difficult choices between filling their plates with healthy food, paying rent, buying prescriptions or keeping the lights on. This community ministry is so much more than groceries to single parents, grandparents raising grandchildren, unemployed or underemployed households, quarantined individuals and anyone who is struggling. For additional information, (251) 626-1720 or www.prodiseepantry.org or @itsabouthunger or #prodiseepantry or volunteer@prodiseepantry.org. 18 • Stay Alert Baldwin 2022
