SEIU 500 Members Donate Food to Hungry Children

Monday, May 7, 2007

Montgomery County transportation workers donated 1,700 pounds of food to a local food bank last month. The SEIU 500 members conducted a month-long drive to help needy children have healthy, hunger-free weekends. Montgomery County Superintendent of Schools Jerry D. Weast and Board of Education Vice President Shirley Brandman joined the MCPS Transportation and Maintenance employees at West Farm Depot in loading the donated goods in a van from Manna Food Center. The food, collected from the five MCPS depots (Bethesda, Clarksburg, Randolph, Shady Grove and West Farm) will be included in Manna’s “Smart Sacks” program, which provides hungry elementary school children with backpacks full of nutritious and kid-friendly foods for the weekend. The students return the empty backpacks on Monday and receive full ones at the end of the week. “Our members see children in need every day as they drive students to and from school (and) keep our facilities running,” said SEIU 500 President Merle Cuttitta. “Because they are a part of our communities, they took the initiative to become a part of this important program.” Participants of the month long drive, photo from the SEIU 500 website

 

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