Children representing the Sunday school at King’s Valley Chapel in Kingfield present a check for $228.75 to Yvonne Woodcock of the Economic Ministry in Salem. The check represented funds raised by the children in their October Walk for Hope. The children are (left to right) Takoda Zoebisch, Mace Zoebisch, Yvonne Woodcock, Daniel Meldrum, Crystal Meldrum. (Contributed photo) KINGFIELD –- The Sunday school children at King’s Valley Chapel in Kingfield presented nearly $1,000 to two food pantries and a homeless shelter. The money represented funds they had raised through the Walk for Hope in October.

The Walk for Hope, a project of the Sunday school, was a five-mile walk on the public nature trails at Franklin Memorial Hospital on Oct. 10. The walk raised money through contributions by individual sponsors and by Bean & Smith Real Estate of Farmington.

The children raised a total of $915. Hope Haven Gospel Mission, a soup kitchen-homeless shelter in Lewiston, was presented $457.50; $228.75 was presented to Care & Share Food Pantry in Fairbanks, which serves the Farmington area; and $228.75 was presented to the Economic Ministry’s food pantry in Salem, which serves Kingfield and other area towns.

“These funds came at a very good time,” said Pastor Ron Meldrum, Chairman of the Board for Hope Haven. “The winter season is upon us, and Hope Haven and the food pantries experience much higher demand during the cold season. The declining economy means that more people are seeking our services and, in many cases, people who supported us in the past are less able support us now. It is gratifying to see these children raise so much support for the local organizations which serve our friends, family and neighbors.”

King’s Valley Chapel encourages individuals and companies to continue supporting the food pantries and shelters which serve their local area.

King’s Valley Chapel is a doctrinally Baptist church on Salem Road in Kingfield. More information about the church and the Walk for Hope can be found at its Web site at www.KingsValleyChapel.org.