OneGenAway serves foster families with First Lady

OneGenAway serves foster families with First Lady

Maria Lee welcomes and instructs volunteers at a OneGenAway mobile food pantry in Jonesborough, Tennessee. OneGenAway recently took a trip to the city of Jonesborough with Tennessee First Lady Maria Lee to bless foster families in the area with boxes of food. May was...
The helpers could leave. But sometimes they stay.

The helpers could leave. But sometimes they stay.

“It just never ceases to amaze me the kindness and generosity people have shown our town.” Becky knows most everyone in Waverly. As she volunteered at our mobile food pantry, she was cutting up all day with the volunteers and those receiving food. “They’re laughing at...
From two stocked fridges to a mobile food pantry

From two stocked fridges to a mobile food pantry

Before the flood in Waverly, Carmen had two freezers and two refrigerators full of food. Now, she comes to our mobile food pantry in clothes she received from a disaster relief center. “Everybody lost everything,” she said. “I lost everything I’ve ever had.” When the...
Why ‘no questions asked’ is vital in service

Why ‘no questions asked’ is vital in service

“You think this area is moderately affluent,” Tim said, looking around at the hundreds of families coming to our mobile pantry to receive food. “And here’s the thing, you could judge. You could say, ‘Look at all the nice cars. These people don’t really need food.’ But...
“Why are our arms closed to some?”

“Why are our arms closed to some?”

Chuka waves at his neighbors as he serves at OneGenAway’s mobile food pantry. Photo by Kris Rae Orlowski “If Jesus is willing to serve us, why aren’t we willing to serve others? If God’s arms are open to everybody, why are our arms closed to some?” Chuka is one...