UPDATE TODAY: Kentucky Power is partnering with WYMT to host the fourth annual Power Up the Pantry

Power Up the Pantry starts NOW! Food collection sites will be open until 6 p.m. Help fight food insecurity in eastern Kentucky by stocking up our community pantries! Bring non-expired, non-perishable foods to the following locations: Ashland – Kentucky Power, 1645 Winchester Avenue Hazard – ARH Medical Mall, 210 Black Gold Boulevard Pikeville – Kentucky Power Service Center, 3249 N. Mayo Trail Consider Making a Donation For every $1 donated, food banks can collect, store and distribute enough food for 8 meals! Checks can be made payable to God’s Pantry Food Bank or Facing Hunger Food Bank. Facing Hunger, based in Huntington, W.Va., serves food pantries in Boyd, Greenup, Lawrence and Martin counties. God’s Pantry supplies more than 400 food pantries and meal programs in central and eastern Kentucky. If you have questions for the food banks, email info@facinghunger.org orinfo@godspantry.com. Let’s come together to make a difference in our communities! Learn More Power up the Pantry is presented by Kentucky Power and WYMT

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WHAT:                 Kentucky Power is partnering with WYMT to host the fourth annual Power Up the Pantry event, a day-long food drive at three locations in eastern Kentucky.

Area businesses and individuals are encouraged to drop off donations throughout the day to help replenish area food bank supplies.

Donations benefit God’s Pantry Food Bank, which serves food pantries in Hazard, Pikeville and Prestonsburg; and Facing Hunger Food Bank, which serves food pantries in northeast Kentucky, including the greater Ashland area and surrounding counties.

WHY:                    Organizers want to the community to come together in effort to replenish depleted food supplies at local pantries across eastern Kentucky, where food insecurity has increased by 23 percent in some areas. The goal is to help drive community support that enables these food banks to respond to the high rate of food insecurities in the counties they serve, especially with the winter season coming up.

WHEN:                 Thursday, September 14, 2023, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

WHERE:               Ashland – Kentucky Power, 1645 Winchester Avenue

                                Hazard – ARH Medical Mall, 210 Black Gold Boulevard

                Pikeville – KY Power Service Center, 3249 N. Mayo Trail

Kentucky Power, with headquarters in Ashland, provides electric service to approximately 163,000 customers in 20 eastern Kentucky counties, including Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott, Floyd, Greenup, Johnson, Knott, Lawrence, Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike and Rowan. Kentucky Power is an operating company in the AEP system, one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, delivering electricity and custom energy solutions to 5.4 million regulated customers in 11 states. AEP also owns the nation’s largest electricity transmission system. AEP’s headquarters are in Columbus, Ohio.