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This week we were able to bring together BJ's Wholesale Club, one of our wonderful food donors, who provided food donations generating over 95,000 meals last year, with some of our partner programs that were the recipients of a $21,000 grant from BJs.
It was great to hear how each of the recipients used their grant funds to purchase cold storage units, allowing them to distribute more perishable foods, like Pastor Al of Life Church in Granby:
"This is just a quick note to say thank you to Foodshare for the opportunity to connect with the leadership team of the various BJ's stores in our area yesterday. Given my past experience in corporate America, I'm quite sensitive to the amount of time and coordination it takes to bring that level of senior management in one room along with five partner agencies. What was most impressive to me was that BJ's was not only there in financial support but the genuine interest they had in us at the ground level in feeding the hungry was both refreshing and encouraging. Their questions, comments and observations helped to create an environment that our team from Hope 4 Life food pantry walked away feeling like we genuinely had a third partner joining with Foodshare and us to expand our ability to get more fresh produce on the table of hungry families in need.
Please express my gratitude to the entire Foodshare team and the BJ's team as well."
Through discussion we all came to a better understanding of what we are each doing to help solve hunger in the Greater Hartford area and how we can help each other, and because of that, I left work feeling like my community was just a bit smaller.
Many, many thanks to BJs Wholesale Club for making time to visit Foodshare, and for all you do for your community!
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