Carisa Sellers, a sixth-grader at Polk County Middle School, plans to host a food drive for Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry Friday, Dec. 2 at the Pea Ridge Club House from noon-6 p.m.
From 6-9 p.m. Sellers is also hosting a Christmas party for peers with an admission cost of one donated food item.
Sellers’ mother, Michelle, said their church, Father’s Vineyard in Spindale, encourages mission work internationally and locally.  So, when Carisa really wanted to have a Christmas party she decided to accomplish both goals by having a food drive as part of the party to show her peers that they could be a part of giving back.