We are dedicated to making a positive impact to our friends and neighbors in the Big Walnut School District

About Big Walnut Friends Who Share

Our Mission

The mission of the Big Walnut Friends Who Share is to work to improve the living conditions of families and individuals in need/crisis who reside in the Big Walnut School District by securing donated items (including clothing, food, household furnishings, cash contributions, etc.) and then distributing them free of charge to these persons.

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How We Started

It began in Barb Jeffers’ garage with many clothes, shoes, and a gift of love for a small town.

Her vision soon became Big Walnut Friends Who Share, a non-profit, volunteer-driven effort that assists those in need within the Big Walnut School District.

Almost 30 years later, the Center provides food and household items for hundreds of families monthly, Christmas gifts for children, families, and seniors, and backpacks full of school supplies from children every fall.

How We Impact The Commuity

What Big Walnut Friends Who Share Does

Provides food Pantry,
used clothing from babies to grandparents,
furniture, counches, beds, dressers, and household items - decor, kitchen wear, lamps
Back to School Supplies, Socks & Undwear
Christmas Boxes food boxes
Presents - kids newborn to 14

Work With Big Walnut Schools and the “Kids Inspiring Kindness” Program.

How The Commuity Supports Us

What Big Walnut Friends Who Share Does

100% Volunteer Operated

Food Drives
Fundraisers, charity events
Churches, Businesses (some do matching grants), Schools, family donations
Every caring, giving heart makes Big Walnut Friends Who Share Happen!

Community Supporters

President: Zita Hunt
Vice President: Marsha Garee
Secretary: Cathy Cantrell
Treasurer: Darla Hoover
Center Director: Gene Wampler
Assistant Center Director: Dennis Cantrell
Food Coordinators: Angela and Ted Ray
Director of Furniture & Appliance: Paul Holtsberry
Church Liaison Coordinator: Vacant
Community Liaison Coordinator: Gillian Banten
Church of the Saviour United Methodist: Ron & Doris Johnson
Condit Presbyterian Church: Kathy Kees
The Bridge Church: Marsha Garee
Galena United Methodist Church: Lisa Morton
Genoa Baptist Church: Darla Hoover
Harlem Road United Methodist Church: Vacant
Harvest Time Freewill Baptist Church: Vacant
Hope Lutheran Church: Janie Scarborough
Journey Fellowship: Larry McGrath
Living Word Lutheran Church: Bev & Ted McGray
St. Barnabas Orthodox Church: Mary Brown
St. John Neumann Catholic Church: Larry Tornes
Sunbury Nazarene Church: Dennis & Cathy Cantrell
Sunbury United Methodist Church: Vacant
Vans Valley Community Church: Marilyn Hale
Vineyard Church of Delaware County: Bill Carpenter
Legal: David Brehm
Historian: Pat Monroe
Marketing & Web Director: Gillian Banten