Saturday, May 15, 2010

Pots and Pans

During the last 12 months, from the end of April 2009 through April 2010, the pantry at Saint Anthony's has served over 9,000 lunches … that's a lot of food, a lot of cooking … and a lot of scrubbing pots and pans. Yes, we are very appreciative of the generosity of the people who've given donations that make our lunch program possible, and certainly we are most grateful for the hard work of the people who helped prepare the 9,634 lunches served but we are also especially thankful for the young men and women from the Southeastern Massachusetts Educational Collaborative (SMEC) who over the last four years have supported our lunch program by washing and drying the many, many pots, pan and utensils that were used to make our lunches. Their tireless and dependable contribution over the lengthy time they have worked with us, though it goes largely unseen by visitors to the pantry, has been vitally important to our lunch program and to the community. This last week the team from SMEC included Lynn, Amy, and Megan along with Heather, Jeffry, Jen, Jordan and Ed. When asked about why he volunteers at the pantry Jeffry paused briefly from washing a pan and answered that he did this because the pantry folk are "wonderful people". Jeff's praise of the other volunteers at the pantry is great to hear … he and the others from SMEC are "wonderful" as well … and there are always opportunities at the pantry for even more "wonderful people".





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