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Thank You! St. Joe’s School

CCAP/Loaves&Fishes wishes to thank St. Joe’s School for their recent food donation. West Virginia currently ranks number 47 out of 50 when it comes to food insecurity across the country. That means almost 250,000 West Virginians either lack access to nutritional food or they don’t have food altogether.



Thank You P&G

CCAP/Loaves & Fishes wishes to thank all the employees of P&G in Martinsburg WV for their generous food and financial donation. It was very nice to meet two great P&G employees, Emma Abrell and Gloria Keyser, They organized and assisted with getting the food to us. Since the start of the pandemic, hunger in America…



Helping Hands Box Program

Miss West Virginia’s Outstanding Teen 2019 Lauren Rose has been focused on addressing food insecurity around the state with the implementation of the Helping Hands Box program, which saw boxes installed in neighborhoods and filled with non-perishable items to help those in need. CCAP/Loaves & Fishes, due to the generosity of our donors, will be…



Stuff a Truck Pikeside UMC Food Drive

CCAP/Loaves & Fishes wishes to thank Pikeside UMC for their generous donation of over 1,000 pounds of food. “During the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, 38 million experienced hunger.”



With Community Teamwork – There Was a Good Ending

  Recently while I was volunteering at CCAP/Loaves & Fishes a young woman came to me very excited. She asked if remembered her. I did have some twinge of recollection. She shared that during the beginning of the COVID19 pandemic she was diagnosed with cancer. Even though she was recovering and planned to be back…



Thank You Jacob!

CCAP/Loaves & Fishes wishes to thank Jacob Zimmerman for recently organizing a food drive. Jacob completed this food drive as his service project towards his Eagle Scout rank. He collected almost 3,000 pounds of food. This will greatly help our Berkeley County clients. Food insecurity is common with one of the challenges for our clients…



CCAP/ Loaves & Fishes celebrates young volunteers, their accomplishments and passion for serving the community

Officials with CCAP/Loaves & Fishes are celebrating unique growth and learning opportunities within their organization, as volunteers young and old work collaboratively to further the group’s mission. According to Beverly Van Metre, president of CCAP, while the group continues to work toward addressing food insecurity, and the myriad of other social issues that come along…



BCT honors 150th anniversary with donations to local nonprofits

MARTINSBURG — In 1871, the Bank of Charles Town opened its doors for the first time, and since that day, BCT has put the community first, being known as “The Community’s Bank.” With the community in mind now more than ever, BCT celebrated its 150th anniversary by giving back to the people who have been…