FAMILY 4 ETERNITY | Hunger in Southamtpon County

Mission Statement

Family 4 Eternity's mission is to embrace community with love, purpose, and nourishment 4 Eternity. Our Vision is Feeding hearts, building love, strengthening Southampton County/Franklin and neighboring communities together." We promote diversity and have zero tolerance for discrimination, no matter someone's background.

Get to Know Us

Founder, Charles Bazdanes retired from United States Department of Defense in 2021, after serving over 10 years of civil service with the US Air Force and US NAVY. He served as a civilian at Hanscom AFB, MA, and Holloman AFB, NM with the United States Air Force as a Contracting Officer. He then transitioned to the Naval Station Norfolk, US NAVY/Military Sealift Command where he served as a Supervisory Procurement Analyst and Senior Contracting Officer. He was given several distinguished awards during his service and was asked to work on multiple urgent and compelling missions throughout his tenure, such as the Boston Marathon bombing (USAF), F-22 Raptor(USAF), Combating ISIS w/RPA’s MQ-1 and MQ-9(USAF), and other classified missions and projects with the USAF and US NAVY/Military Sealift Command.

Upon his medical retirement, Bazdanes saw an immense need in his community and many facing food insecurity, which led him to start a non-profit organization in 2024 called Family 4 Eternity. Bazdanes envisioned and has establishing a farm with fresh produce, and a flower garden after seeing the urgent and critical need of neighbors around him facing food insecurity. Family 4 Eternity has seen the organization grow immensely and supports over 1,300 families across 8 different counties, primarily serving Southampton County, City of Franklin, Sussex, and Greensville. Neighboring Counties include Surry, IOW, City of Suffolk, Gates County, Brunswick, and Prince George. Family 4 Eternity’s compassion and desire to make sure no one goes hungry have ensured over 450k pounds of food were distributed to over 50k people in the first year of operation. Family 4 Eternity also has given out over 500 Floral arrangements of Zinnia, Dahlia, Sunflowers, and a various assortment of Wildflowers to combat mental health within its tight-knit community at no cost.

  Family 4 Eternity is tremendously grateful for entrusting Family 4 Eternity to provide access to food when people have to choose between medications, mortgage, or going hungry. Family 4 Eternity thanks their partners, funders, clients, and dedicated team of volunteers for believing in the critical and urgent need of the mission to help those in need.

Who We Are

At Family 4 Eternity, our programs provide many services to those who cannot afford it or lack access to nutritious meals, regardless of their religion or background. Our hunger relief, and mental health support efforts have allowed us to implement programs such as food distribution at Southampton Motor Speedway, Congregate Feeding, and other services to rural community areas. In addition, we have established a Community Garden at Family 4 Eternity Farms, a flower garden, and Capitol Project Campaign for a Regional Food Hub/Soup Kitchen aimed at eradicating food insecurity. Established in 2024, Family 4 Eternity is proud to have partners, funders, volunteers and amazing clients whom we get to primarily serve in Southampton County, City of Franklin, and Sussex. We also neighboring communities such as Surry, IOW, City of Suffolk, Gates County, Brunswick, and Prince George that all depend on us critically and urgently to assist them with food insecurity and mental health support.

Our Beliefs and Achievements

At Family 4 Eternity, Our food distribution programs provide food, flowers, and donated items underserved rural families who cannot afford basic necessities and lack access to nutritious meals regardless of their religion, race, or background.

Our hunger relief efforts require the implementation of several programs that all promote the fight against food insecurity, uplifting clients' mental health, community garden, flower garden, and congregate feeding.

Family 4 Eternity provides community lunches, distributes floral arrangements (in-season), and ensures a constant presence in their community bringing goodwill, joy, and happiness to those less fortunate