Shared Essentials

06/03/2026

🍽️ Potluck Picnic Update

The food list is starting to come together, and we’d love to see what everyone is thinking about bringing.

Planning a side dish? Dessert? Drinks? Something else?

Comment below or
add it to the sign-up form here:

https://forms.gle/vQgxkKyacEQhFwHg6

And as a reminder, bringing food is completely optional. We’d love to have you there regardless.

06/03/2026

We’ve got free food available to those who are in need. Come see us! 😊

06/03/2026

Just wanted to provide a quick update and let everyone know that someone volunteered to help the couple and elderly gentleman!! Huge thank you to that person and to the community for showing up (sharing, commenting, reaching out). We could not do this without y’all 💛

A local disabled couple recently reached out for help with lawn care. They share their yard with another disabled gentleman, and keeping up with it has become difficult.

We’re reaching out to our community to see if anyone may be willing to donate a mowing service or lend a helping hand.

If you or someone you know can help, please send us a message.

💛 Support doesn’t always look like a donation. Sometimes it looks like showing up with a mower.

06/02/2026

I wanted to share a personal update, but I also wanted to explain why I’m sharing it here.

This fall, I’ll be starting law school.

When I applied, I had to answer a question that sits underneath a lot of the decisions I’ve made throughout my life: Why this work?

I’ve attached part of the personal statement I submitted because the more I’ve reread it, the more I’ve realized it wasn’t just explaining why I wanted to go to law school.

It was explaining why I started Shared Essentials, too.

At first glance, those things don’t seem particularly related. But to me, they’ve always felt connected. Both begin with the same observation: there is often a gap between what people need and what they have access to.

Sometimes that gap is resources. Sometimes it’s support. Sometimes it’s simply another person willing to help carry the weight of something difficult.

Shared Essentials was built in that space.

Not because I believed community could solve every problem, but because I believed people shouldn’t have to face every problem alone.

Over the past few months, I’ve watched people donate to families they’ve never met, share resources, volunteer their time, and show up for one another in ways that remind me why this work matters.

As excited as I am for this next chapter, it’s also made me think about the future of Shared Essentials.

If this initiative is going to continue growing, it has to become bigger than Kenlee and myself.
The goal was never to build something centered around just us. The goal was to help build something that belongs to a community.

So if you’ve ever considered volunteering, helping fulfill requests, sharing resources, donating, or becoming more involved, I’d love to have you.

Volunteer and Support Form: https://forms.gle/vZR8qAp4iMtbPTLo7

06/02/2026

A local disabled couple recently reached out for help with lawn care. They share their yard with another disabled gentleman, and keeping up with it has become difficult.

We’re reaching out to our community to see if anyone may be willing to donate a mowing service or lend a helping hand.

If you or someone you know can help, please send us a message.

💛 Support doesn’t always look like a donation. Sometimes it looks like showing up with a mower.

06/01/2026

We’re thinking about starting something new.

Each week, we’d place one of these flyers in a different location somewhere in Dale County.

We know not everyone knows we’re here, and not everyone is comfortable making a post asking for help. We’re hoping this gives people another way to connect with support when they need it.

Before we get started, we’d love your input:

📍 Where should the first flyer go?

Libraries? Laundromats? Apartment complexes? Community bulletin boards? Local businesses?

Drop your suggestions below and tag a business or location that might be willing to let us hang one.

If you own a local business and would be open to displaying one, we’d love to hear from you too.

06/01/2026

Stopped by the Pinckard Community Pantry Box over the weekend to drop off a few items and found it completely empty.

Had I known, I would’ve brought more but I’m glad to see people in our community are using it. We were happy to add a few essentials and do our small part to help keep it stocked.

If you or someone you know is in immediate need of pantry staples, household essentials, or other basic necessities, you can submit a request through Shared Essentials here:
https://forms.gle/m6jFtdRcdSNTc5R96

06/01/2026

Monday is a fresh start.

This week, choose one small way to show up for someone else. It doesn’t have to be big to matter.

If you’d like to get involved, we’re currently accepting donations of pantry staples, household essentials, clothing, and other useful items. You can also join our volunteer network by filling out our Volunteer & Support Form.

https://forms.gle/LRnYk5arrsd7HScU7

Support stays local when communities show up for each other. 🤍