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Churches band together for No Walls Community Day

Posted On August 26, 2020
Volunteers passing out backpacks on Saturday at Mathews High School included, first row from left, Heather Rains, Pearl Foster, Linda Edwards, Brayden Westley, the Rev. Carmaleta Billups, Myra Hess, Kylie Berry, Janice Bohannon; second row, Mathews Sheriff’s Deputy Julianna Berry, the Rev. Antichella Forrest, Vince Westley, the Rev. Jason Hess, Alda Barnett; third row, the Rev. Bertina Westley, the Rev. Patrick Billups and the Rev. Brett Isernhagen.

The upcoming school year in Mathews will be mostly online at first, but students will continue to need school supplies.The annual No Walls Community Day on Saturday, the 2020 version of an interfaith effort, saw 219 students outfitted with new backpacks crammed with supplies, at no cost to them.

They were handed out at Mathews High School.

Jason Hess of St. Thomas Anglican Mission, co-chair of this year’s event with Brett Isernhagen of Mathews Chapel United Methodist Church, said 16 churches made contributions to purchase and stuff the backpacks and to be sure this effort was carried on “despite the COVID-19 pandemic.”

Chick-fil-A of Gloucester provided lunch for the volunteers.
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