Teams accumulate greater than 10 tons of meals for the Westmoreland County Meals Financial institution

By jimadmin On Dec 21, 2020

About an hour ago

It is the time to give and that feeling is not lost in organizations that interact with the public every day and see the difficulties of not only families but also health workers at the forefront.

For this reason, the Delmont Police Department decided to hold their first Food Drive for the Westmoreland County Food Bank just before Thanksgiving.

“We ended up donating about 1,600 pounds of food,” said Delmont Police Chief TJ Klobucar. “I was really excited. It was fun, we had a great day.”

In addition to collecting groceries, the police sold T-shirts with the department’s logo on them, allowing them to donate around $ 1,400 to the food bank.

“We had someone who came all the way down the mountain. Nice after seeing it on the news, ”said Klobucar. “We are very happy with the result and may want to do it again in the spring.”

As a rule, there is a lot of groceries to be found during the holiday season. This hasn’t always been the case this year, according to Jennifer Miller, executive director of Westmoreland County Food Bank.

“This year has been a little more sparse, partly because of (social distancing),” Miller said. “Many people also had the feeling that if they switched off again they would not be able to donate food. We were surprised with what we got, but it’s definitely less than last year. “

That makes food drives like Delmont’s all the more critical, she said.

“It’s people who help people,” she said. “When you hear from these groups, whether they are the police, a church group, or some other person, they are helping their neighbors, parishioners, maybe even someone they know and have access to catering services.”

That size has expanded to include healthcare workers as well: on Monday, regional supermarket chain Sheetz sent drivers to half a dozen different states to distribute more than 9 tons of food to local hospitals and help medical workers in the coronavirus pandemic .

Meals include a variety of snacks and beverages to cater to medical staff such as doctors, nurses and hospital staff who work around the clock to provide life-saving aid to those battling Covid-19.

In the Pittsburgh area, donations have been made to UPMC facilities in Pittsburgh and Altoona, Mount Nittany Medical Center, Geisiner Wilkes-Barre, Penn State Health’s Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, and Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hazleton.

Donations have also been made to hospitals in Ohio, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Patrick Varine is a contributor to Tribune Review. You can contact Patrick at 724-850-2862, pvarine@triblive.com, or on Twitter.

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