The Central Charities Committee of Newport and COCKE County Incorpora

My name is Trish Clapper and I am the director of the Bread Basket in Newport, TN. We are the oldest food pantry in Cocke County that serves over a thousand families a month, as well as homeless, housing rehabs, assisted living, migrant workers, and anyone who needs food. We give generous boxes of food as well as toiletries, clothing, first aid supplies, blankets, a summer kids feeding program, we adopt kids and seniors during the holidays, as well as many other programs.

Many people rely on us throughout the community!

As many know, Hurricane Helene came through TN and destroyed our town as well as our pantry.

We are at ground zero. We are in desperate need of monetary donations so we can find land and build a building to call home again. We need everything. We lost everything. We have absolutely nothing. Our donors are so kind and generous, but our needs are bigger than we are.

If anyone can please find any way to reach out and help or know of any building inside city limits of Newport, TN, please donate or reach out to me personally. We cannot let this ministry go away. The community depends on it too much.

Thank you so much, and for any additional questions, please contact me.

Have a blessed day!