Food / Clothes Closet:
LERMA (Lower Elk River Ministry Association)
Located at 1 Timberdale Drive, Rt. 114
Open every Tuesday from 9am to Noon
If Kanawha County Schools are closed due to bad weather, LERMA is Closed for that scheduled Tuesday.
Who We Are - Contributing churches:
Big Chimney Baptist
Elk Hills Presbyterian
Elk River Nazarene
Heritage Baptist
Jarrett Memorial United Methodist
New Beginnings Church of the Nazarene
Our Lady of the Hills Catholic
Saint Andrew Presbyterian
Trinity United Methodist
LERMA churches must participate in 2 of the 3 following activities on a regular basis:
Food Pantry:
Subsidized by the government though the Facing Hunger Food bank. Clients must be in the service area and be screened:
NORTH:
Up to 5320 Elk River Rd., North to Walgrove Rd* All of Blue Creek Rd. including N on Walgrove Rd. at east end of bridge
EAST:
10 miles past Pinch-Quick intersection. Defined as Dutch Ridge/Sanderson Pinch Ridge Road; Laurel Fork; Coco
WEST:
To 280 Frame Road (formerly Edens Store)
(Poca Fork, Patterson Dr, and John Fork are all beyond 280 Frame Road)
Jakes Run off Frame Road is within the boundary of 280 Frame Road (per MapQuest)
914 Wills Creek Road or Lucy Wilson Church - none lower
HC 70 Box 101 Aarons Fork none higher
All Little Sandy Rd. from Crossings Mall south to Rt. 119
SOUTH:
Route 5 Box 327 Coopers Creek none higher
none below 2650 Pennsylvania Ave. (119 South to Trinity Methodist Church at Mink Shoals)
All of Route 9 or Mill Creek Road
Route 6 (Martins Branch) to Rutledge Road -- this off Mill Creek and considered to be in the area
Down to 2149 Greenbrier St. (Meadowbrook Nursing Home)
Clothes Closet:
Located in the same building at 1 Timberdale Drive, open every Tuesday 9am to noon. Receives no money, only clothing donations.