Mercy Chefs Provides Meals in Pike County, KY

March 5, 2025

Mercy Chefs Provides Meals in Pike County, KY

PIKEVILLE, KY — Mercy Chefs, in partnership with Shelby Valley High School and the Kentucky Dream Center, provided restaurant-quality meals and essential supplies, such as cleaning products, blankets, and canned goods, to flood victims in Pike County.

The response was powered by an outpouring of community support, with volunteers from local businesses, churches, athletic teams, and more stepping up to help. Among these volunteers were approximately 200 students from Shelby Valley High School, dedicating their time to serve their neighbors.

Read more about this partnership here.

A family receiving Mercy Chefs meals in the aftermath of the floods in Kentucky.
A father and son receiving a Mercy Chefs meal in the aftermath of the Kentucky floods.
Shelby Valley High School students volunteering to prepare meals for flood victims in Kentucky.
Chef Alicia and a volunteer preparing meals for flood victims in Kentucky.

Thanks to the generosity of supporters and volunteers, Mercy Chefs served 34,134 meals to those impacted by the floods in Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia.

ABOUT MERCY CHEFS  

Mercy Chefs is a 501c3 founded in 2006 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The organization exists to provide professionally prepared, restaurant-quality meals to victims, volunteers, and first responders in natural disasters and national emergencies and partners with existing ministries with food service in underserved communities around the country. Since its founding, Mercy Chefs has served 29 million meals. In 2020, Mercy Chefs founder Gary LeBlanc was recognized by Southern Living Magazine as a “Hometown Hero,” and Mercy Chefs was named the 2020 Small Business of the Year in the nonprofit category by Inside Business and the Hampton Roads Chamber. Mercy Chefs has also been featured in major news outlets such as CNN, Fox News, NBC News, PBS, and ABC News. For more information, visit mercychefs.com.

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