 Russell Fork Pharmacy is your locally owned pharmacy, offering fast, friendly service with competitive prices and free delivery. Call 606-754-7085. Visit RussellForkPharmacy.com and download our free mobile app for refill requests and more. Pike County families have a new place to receive a helping hand. So we just hope to be a one-stop-serve-all-of-your-needs type of center. A place where families can receive peace of mind, not having to worry about how they can afford school supplies or clothes for the upcoming school year. The Family Supply Center is located behind North Point Academy off U.S. 23 in Pike County. According to kids initiative coordinator Rick Branham, the Supply Center is actually a really big family resource center. Family resource centers in our area schools are limited on space. I have much more space here and so we're just, we just decided to do this because I can carry, I can have on hand more things that people need here in this space than what they can at each individual school. Although they would acquire items for families with purchase orders, that process could take up to three days, precious time that some cannot wait for. There you've got a family in need, you know, up to a week or more waiting on a pair of socks or some underwear or some shoes or, you know, body wash. By having all of that on hand here, here and now, you come here, you get it now and you go home. This supply center is available for all Pike County families, but only by a referral type process to reach school in the county or other family resource organizations. We're open to the public, but not open to the public. You will have to have a voucher, you will have to have a referral from one of the family resource centers or some other service organization such as the Helping Hand, DCBS, any of those types of organizations may refer a family here with the voucher to get the things that they need. For family resource youth service director Betty Johnson, servicing approximately 900 students at Valley Elementary is a challenge since they are limited on funds. But with the opening of the family supply center, family resource centers are now able to give the family a voucher where they can pick up items at the supply center, allowing them to service more families in the county. When you have a house fire, immediately you don't have everything they need. You don't have the funds that it takes to provide everything they need. But to be able to give them that voucher, sign off on, tell them how many are living in that home and then send them here, that's all they need. They get everything they need to start back up again. We have limited space at our schools, so having something like this to send our families to is a big help. Families who sometimes aren't able to receive the help they need. It's a lot of stress off your back because if you've got a family that comes to you and they are in need, you don't have the stuff to give them. That kind of makes you down in the dumps. But then when you've got this to send them to you, that's just a highlight because you're sending them out of your office happy. But they're implementing the voucher process to ensure that they're helping the ones that are in need. So once they come to see us and we can do a little paperwork, we can talk with them and just see what the situation is there. We know what their need is and then we can fill that voucher out and give it to them and let them come down here and pick up the supplies. Brannum adds that sometimes all a kid might need is new clothes or a nice backpack to make a difference in their life. To be able to put that on a child and make them feel important and special and give them that moment where they can push their chest out and be proud. And say, hey, look at me. Hey, look at me. You know, sometimes that's all a kid needs is they need some positive attention and you know, sometimes having something really nice to wear can get you that positive attention. To receive a voucher, reach out to the Family Resource Director of the Pike County School in which your child attends or another family service organization such as Helping Hands and the Kentucky DCBS. The Family Supply Center located behind North Point Academy is open by appointment only. Yeah, and everybody faces struggles at some point in time. It's nice to be embarrassed about that's what we're here for. We're very discreet. And that's what, you know, Rick will make an appointment here. Nobody will be here but you and Rick. So yeah, please just come out. If your kids need something, just let us know. Reporting for Mountain Top News, I'm Jeremy Justice.