Landon Pike reached out to The Filling Station in the Fall of 2021 to learn how he could partner in giving back to the county where he grew up. After several planning meetings with the Eagle Scout leader and presenting to the scout board, the project was approved. Landon wanted to build 4 benches to be placed in the Garden Venue. Landon comments on why The Filling Station: “As soon as it was time to start my Eagle Scout project, I knew which community I would be working for. Having grown up in Pollocksville for most of my life, I […]
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Pop Up Raleigh is celebrating its 10th year supporting small businesses. This is event happens on the 3rd Saturday of each month on the campus of Trophy Brewery located on Maywood Avenue in Raleigh, NC NEW this year…a charitable partner is chosen to set up at the event. The Filling Station was on site Saturday, May 21st. The Compton and Ladner Families who are Raleigh based and support The Filling Station mission were on site sharing their story about why they donate their time, talent and treasure. Governor Roy Cooper challenged all non profit organizations to be “ALL IN” in […]
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15 High Seniors…350 Volunteer Hours…Spring Cleaning Projects What a wonderful gift to host a group of excited, focused, creative young people from May 9-26! We delivered two boxes of new orthopedic items and 80 cards to Brook Stone Living Facility, washed windows, painted the old loading dock, delivered cabinets and doors to Habitat for Humanity and distributed food boxes from the Food Pantry. These incredible young adults quickly adopted the mission statement of assisting in filling unmet needs to the residents of Jones County. Thank you again Epiphany for partnering and bringing “Love In Action” to The Filling Station.
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The high school Seniors of The Epiphany School of Global Studies began their 3 week Love in Action service on Monday, May 9, 2022 Projects include: assisting with the Teaching Kitchen renovation project, processing food pantry donations, cleaning and organizing the facility, digging a trench for drainage, and raising new flags on the flagpole on the front campus. The group began their service with Volunteer Orientation and Onboarding. “It is important that each volunteer who steps onto our campus understand the mission and how their service matters to the residents of Jones County”, says Mary Ann LeRay, Executive Director. In […]
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