Springfield Rotary Delivers Thanksgiving Baskets
Twenty Springfield families received packages of donated food and other goods.
On a rainy Tuesday afternoon, Springfield Rotarians made their annual food Thanksgiving basket delivery. This year was the largest one yet, with 20 families receiving full dinners donated by local businesses.
The number of families receiving the donations swelled this year from 15 in 2010 with baskets going to a number of flood victims in addition to the families usually served in the
The recently opened supermarket Seabra’s and wine sellers Stew Leonard's provided the food and other items in the basket. Donated items ranged from cooking oil to toilet paper. One Rotarian described the goods in each basket as enough groceries for a week.
Local charitable organization Springfield HOPE supported the delivery.
Dr. Gary Hecht
12:52 pm on Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Special thanks to Stew Leonard's for the generous donation of 20 turkeys and to the folks at the new SEABRA's market for their GENEROUS support of this project. Rotarians are truly the most giving group of people I have ever seen. Springfield HOPE continues to amaze me by their deeds for the population of Springfield, NJ. I'm very proud of all of you.
Jenny
3:11 pm on Friday, November 25, 2011
That's nice of them. I have been meaning to go to the Seabra store to check it out, but am not sure what kind of store it is?
What is the Rotary club anyway? Have also been thinking of checking out clubs in the area. Do they do volunteer work for people? I would love to do that.