Our story
Her porch light is still on.
Mertis Lee Harley raised more than her own children. On a quiet street in Aiken, her porch light was always on and her kitchen always had a plate for whoever needed one.
She kept a box by the door — a sweater here, a jar of preserves there, a note in her careful cursive. Nobody left her house empty-handed.
Her granddaughter Kenya founded MLHF to keep that porch light on. The Granny Box™ is her grandmother's habit, scaled up for a whole county.
"My grandma never let anybody leave her house empty-handed. That's what this is."
Carry on her habit.
Sponsor a box, pack with us, or tell a neighbor. Every bit of it is Mertis Lee's way.
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