Inmates at a Kentucky jail built a food blessing box for their neighbors
Inmates at a county jail in Kentucky built a food blessing box, a small free pantry, from lumber a Lions Club donated.
12 November 2026
A blessing box is a small free pantry. People leave food in it, and anyone who needs some can take it.
Inmates at the Graves County Jail and Restricted Custody Center in Mayfield, Kentucky, have built one. The jail shared it on Tuesday.
The Wingo Lions Club donated the lumber.
Why they built it
The jail says helping others is something inmates can learn inside and keep doing once they are released.
“Learning it here, and living it out there!” the jail wrote.
It has not said yet where the box will stand or when people can start using it.
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