Working with Food4Kids and The Grantham House restaurant, Club volunteers assisted in the delivery of meals for 100 families including 290 Food4Kids at need children.
Food4Kids Executive Director Amber Hughes noticed a Facebook posting that The Grantham House restaurant (14 Secord Drive, St Catharines) was offering a free meal to any child that needed one, no questions asked. She reached out to see if they could work together to get a meal for the kids in the Food4Kids program. A win-win for all concerned - supporting a local restaurant that could provide a meal to all of the Food4Kids families, but at a much lower cost than Food4Kids would normally incur.
It certainly turned into a real win for Food4Kids! The Grantham House reached out to many of their contacts to get product donated, so Food4Kids actually paid VERY little. Feeding parents and children, each family received a tray of Penne pasta with chicken in a rose sauce. In addition, each child also received a hamburger with fresh fruit and vegetables on the side. They even included a treat bag for each family for dessert.
A number of Rotarians were able to help with the deliveries, along with many volunteers from The Grantham House, despite a change in the delivery schedule to accommodate the cooking times. All in all, it was a great afternoon with lots of positive feedback from the Food4Kids families.