Ford of Uniontown donates $3,500 to Honey’s Helping Hands
Honey's Helping Hands volunteers hold a check symbolizing the $3,500 donation received from Ford of Uniontown. From left are Carol VanSickle, Cedric Ross, Linda McClain, Barry Tolner, Christine Homer, Deborah Spencer and Edna "Honey" Brown.
Ford of Uniontown recently donated $3,500 to Honeys Helping Hands. Representatives of Ford of Uniontown at the check presentation included (from left) John Clinton, Jessica Caringola, along with Edna "Honey" Brown, founder of Honeys Helping Hands; Joyce Firestone and David Coffman.
Ford of Uniontown recently made a $3,500 donation to Honey’s Helping Hand Corp. to help the group with its food drive.
“It means the world to us,” said Edna “Honey” Brown, who founded the nonprofit organization in 2018. “We can get a lot of stuff done in the organization. A lot of it comes out of our own pocket like gas and things that we need. It took a burden off us. We’ll be able to do things we need to do.”
Honey’s Helping Hands holds food giveaways Mondays and Thursdays at 2 p.m. at Bierer Wood Acres in Uniontown. The organization also holds clothing giveaways as well.
“We are a free food and clothing giveaway,” Brown said. “Anyone can come, and if they need food and if we have it available they can have it. We give it to whoever’s in need. We don’t ask about your personal life. If you’re in that line to get food, we give you a box.”
Brown said the group gives out an average of 60 to 70 boxes of food during each of its giveaways.
Honey’s Helping Hands receives donations from a number of organizations including 412 Food Rescue, Fayette Community Action, Olive Garden, Sheetz, Shop n’ Save, Giant Eagle and Mill Street Merchants.
“We have a lot of people that donate to us,” Brown said. “We have quite a few vendors.”