Police Partners and Volunteers Come Together to Pack 2,000 Greg’s Groceries Boxes in the Annual Greg’s Groceries Packing Event and Award Ceremony

Beach balls, music, and smiling faces, that was the scene for the Annual Greg’s Groceries Packing Event and Award Ceremony. After the previous statewide packing event was rescheduled due to Hurricane Helene, partners from around the state came together to pack 2,000 Greg’s Groceries boxes. We want to give a special thank you to the amazing support from our presenting sponsor, Walmart, along with Founders Federal Credit Union, Sounds & Images and Crisp for their support. And, we can’t thank the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy and Director Jackie Swindler enough for hosting the more than 250 partners and volunteers who made this packing possible. We also want to recognize our legislative partners, State Representative Beth Bernstein and State Senator Brian Adams, for their work to ensure funding from the state’s budget. Funding will make it possible for us to expand support to police agencies across South Carolina. During the event, we also highlighted achievements made by small, medium and large agencies.

• Small agency of the year went to Roxboro Police Department, one of our first North Carolina partners.
• Medium agency of the year went to Camden Police Department.
• Large agency of the year went to Charleston County Sheriff’s Office.
• Corporal Carmen Yerkes, of Abbeville Police Department, received small agency officer of the year award.
• Sergeant Kenyatta Jenkins, of Orangeburg Department of Public Safety, received medium agency officer of the year award.
• And Private First Class Zach Seppi, of Myrtle Beach Police Department, received the large agency officer of the year award. On every Greg’s Groceries box, there is a QR code to track data from law enforcement officers. According to the collected data, 99 percent of officers either agree or strongly agree that the delivery of a box resulted in a meaningful interaction with a member of the community.

Every single box was packed with love and care to go back to someone in need. Since launching in 2017, Serve & Connect has packed more than 25,000 boxes with law enforcement.

Greg Groceries Packing Event Photos