{"id":12502,"date":"2018-10-18T19:18:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T19:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salarmyeds.org\/?p=12502"},"modified":"2026-09-08T19:21:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T19:21:33","slug":"the-salvation-army-delivers-food-to-isolated-fishing-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salarmyeds.org\/index.php\/2018\/10\/18\/the-salvation-army-delivers-food-to-isolated-fishing-village\/","title":{"rendered":"The Salvation Army Delivers Food to Isolated Fishing Village"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CRAWFORDVILLE, FL –<\/strong> \u201cThat food saved my life. If it wasn\u2019t for The Salvation Army, I don\u2019t know where I\u2019d be. I\u2019d probably be dead,\u201d said 28-year-old Candace Spears, Hurricane Michael survivor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Candace is a resident of Spring Creek, a small fishing village near Crawfordville, Florida where her family\u2019s homestead has been passed down through the generations for more than 100 years. Candace lives there with her grandparents and her two daughters, ages eight and two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just two days before the storm, Candace drove 30 minutes to the nearest grocery store to purchase $350 worth of groceries for her family. It was later that evening that she discovered Hurricane Michael was going to slam the Florida Panhandle as a Category 4 storm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since Candace and her family were not prepared to evacuate, they ended up staying together in one of the homes in the village. She walked in almost four feet of water back to her home to make sure it was still standing.  After the hurricane roared through, Candace, along with her family members throughout Spring Creek, were overwhelmed by the financial burdens they now had to face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEverything is gone, especially our food. Food was the most important thing. All the money we spent on food is gone,\u201d said Candace. Even the family\u2019s fish house, which was the primary source of income for their community, was demolished by the storm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Salvation Army\u2019s mobile feeding unit was the first sign of relief for the Spring Creek community after the hurricane depleted their resources. \u201cI saw a gentleman unloading the canteen and he asked, \u2018are you hungry?\u2019 and then my heart dropped. I just couldn\u2019t believe there was somebody out there willing to help me,\u201d said Candace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Living in such a remote area, the Spears family revealed that The Salvation Army was the first organization to ever provide relief services in their community. \u201cA lot of worries were put to rest when that food truck came in. There are no words for it. Seeing help\u2026it was amazing,\u201d said Candace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CRAWFORDVILLE, FL – \u201cThat food saved my life. If it wasn\u2019t for The Salvation Army, I don\u2019t know where I\u2019d be. I\u2019d probably be dead,\u201d said 28-year-old Candace Spears, Hurricane 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