COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A Cookeville Girl Scout is helping the community by building a “blessing box” for members of the community who struggle with food security.

Sophia Clark, with the help of her mother, Renae, and her grandfather, built a blessing box for Jere Whitson Elementary School.

The blessing box is a small box that looks like a tiny neighborhood library and is used to share food resources. People can donate by placing non-perishable food in the Blessing Box.

The Blessing Box was installed on Nov. 24, Monday afternoon just ahead of Thanksgiving.

Renae shared with WSMV4 that there was a previous blessing box, but Sophia’s troop 2262 in Cookeville received a call saying the previous box was too small for the community.

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