During their annual community cookout this year on August 24, area churches raised $5,000 for the Elgin Community Cupboard, which they presented the check to last Tuesday. The organizations involved in hosting the cookout were a number of local churches, including Pleasant Bethany Baptist Church, Mount Carmel Baptist Church, Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Strait Gate Fellowship, Lost Pines Cowboy Church and Weeping Willow Baptist Church from McDade, as well as the Juneteenth Organization and the NAACP. ...