During the month of November the spirit of giving was thriving throughout the state of Maryland.
Andrew Zagwodzki‘s site, End hunger in Calvert County Warehouse successfully prepared over 4000 Holiday meal boxes and turkeys to 43 partner feeding organizations. 600 of the Holiday Meal Boxes was packed by the Chesapeake Beach/North Beach Town council. These meals were scheduled to go down to Lusby which is at the other end of the county. According to Andrew,”When the group was done packing, and we told them where these meals were going, they were blown away. They could not believe that they packed over 600 boxes, but on top of that, where it was going. They did not realize the need through the county. It really opened their eyes, to be able to see the impact of serving at the warehouse, and who was positively affected by it.”
Andrew further explains, “For me personally, it was difficult to be able to think everything through. Such as counting out specific number of green beans that needed to be packed for a county Holiday Meal and then figuring out where to make up the difference if we did not have enough. I survived though, thanks to the help of my amazing site supervisors and our volunteers everyone was able to obtain their meals in time for thanksgiving.”
Volunteers efforts reaching far and wide throughout Calvert County, This is a good example of how to bring volunteers in to the organizations mission and help them see their impact on the community
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