2014 has been a huge success for Saco Meals Program. We had our first Pork Pie fundraiser and made $1,200. We would also like to take this opportunity to say thank you to the local business sponsors along with the many individuals who have been so generous in 2014 with monetary donations and gifts of time to help our program succeed. Without their assistance, Saco meals would not have been able to feed 6,000 guests and give out over 10,000 meals.
We have several local businesses that not only support us with donations, but their employees volunteer their time cooking and serving our guests once a month. These businesses are Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution, Biddeford Savings Bank, Union Church at Biddeford Pool and American Medical Systems/John Provost.
We are staffed with dedicated volunteers; a prep crew who come in to peel, cut and dice vegetables, fruit and anything else that needs to be done to help our cooks with the preparation of the evening meals. Additional volunteers pick up donated items from local merchants, to be placed out on our giving table for our guests to take home. We are grateful for our cooks, servers, dishwashers, clean-up crew, and Thornton Academy students who are willing to do anything we ask of them. Our coordinators, who keep track of the volunteers, track the number of meals served each week and make sure the program runs smoothly every Monday and Thursday. We acknowledge volunteers taking care of the mail, sending thank you notes to generous sponsors, taking care of weekly banking, and the help from Good Shepard Parish office personnel. We must also give a special thank you to our board of directors who is always there for support when we ask them.
To all these kind and generous people plus any we may have forgotten we want to say THANK YOU for supporting our mission. We wish everyone a happy and healthy 2015.
Virginia Kenney, On behalf of the Saco Meals Program
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