Strawberrific

Written by: Kate Snyder, Development and Donor Communications Coordinator

Earlier this week, the clients of our Food Pantry got a special early-summer treat -- fresh strawberries. Lots of them. Thanks to the efforts of a group of students from the Kentucky Avenue School, we were able to distribute bags of freshly picked strawberries along with the usual bags of grocery staples like pasta and spaghetti.

The students of Kentucky Avenue School had volunteered several times with EECM throughout the school year. Their teachers decided that they wanted their students to make a donation that really meant something -- a donation they had worked to provide.

So, they gathered the kids and headed to a local strawberry patch to pick some fruit. The students then came to the Pantry to donate the fruits of their labor (solemnly assuring us they had only eaten the mutant berries too ugly to donate in good conscience). What a fabulous project! A great lesson and a wonderful treat for our Pantry clients.