December Service Continued

Christmas Food Baskets

Through the generosity of our members, our club again purchased food, assembled and packed boxes, and delivered food to 87 families. The families are screened by the Arlington Community Food Bank. Based on the number of donations from club members, the food was purchased by the club from Arlington Grocery Outlet.

Boxes were assembled this year at the Boys and Girls Club at its invitation so members could see the remodeling that is in progress. Our club is donating funds to help with the cost of the remodeling.

We had a record number of volunteers. In addition to Rotarians and families, our Interact Club had volunteers as well as volunteers from Life Church 360.

The Food Basket Crew

Our projects director, Devin Brossard, planned and organized the annual food basket project.

Devin Directing the Crew

87 boxes were placed throughout the game room and hall way at the Boys and Girls Club

The names of families that have been screened by the Arlington Community Food Bank are given to the club. We are also given a list of food to provide in each box. The food was purchased in large volume and taken to the club. A team of two were assigned to each food item with the responsibility of seeing that that item gets placed in each of the boxes.

87 Hams Ready to Be Distributed with Each Basket

The key to getting the baskets delivered to the right spot is the computer work done by Karri Hansen. Karri finds each address on Google Maps, prints out the directions, and organizes the distribution routes.