Members of The Blessing Basket board of directors are, from left, Brian Peeples, Jason Hord, Melissa Marr, Marta Wright and Kate Schell. – Submitted

Karen Kistler

karen.kistler@salisburypost.com

GRANITE QUARRY — Establishing a nonprofit to reach others in need is something that Melissa Marr of Granite Quarry has wanted to do for a long time, and her hard work has resulted in an organization called The Blessing Basket.

“It has been something that’s been on my heart for probably 15 years or more,” said Marr.

A volunteer for the town’s Operation Christmas Spirit, Marr said they delivered a kitchen table and chairs to a single mom with multiple children and one of the children cried because she said now they could all sit down at one time and eat together.

Having thought about the nonpro

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