3-pointers aid area food pantries

Jackson County Sertoma Club has delivered more than 12 cases of canned goods to area food pantries through its Three Point Program to Fight Hunger in Jackson County.

Receiving the items were Jackson County Community Provisions, Human Services Inc., First Church of God and Anchor House food pantries, which serve residents throughout the county.

For every three-point basket scored at the boys and girls varsity home games during the regular season at Seymour and Trinity Lutheran high schools, cases of canned goods will be donated to these four food pantries up to $1,000.

So if a total of 10 three-point baskets are scored by both schools in a week, Sertoma will donate 10 cases of canned goods to be divided between the food pantries.

Sertoma hopes that after this year’s program they can expand to all the high schools in Jackson County for the 2010-2011 basketball seasons.

“We want to see how our plan works this year and hopefully involve every school in Jackson County that wants to participate next season,” Scott Davis of Sertoma said.

Sertoma is a charitable civic organization in Jackson County. Sertoma stands for Service To Mankind. It meets the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Chocolate Spoon in downtown Seymour. Ryan Begley is president of the Jackson County Sertoma Club.

One of the club’s biggest projects of the year recently kicked off — the annual Sertoma Christmas Miracle program.