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Food drive to help soup
kitchens
By Pat Andrews, Heritage Newspapers
"When you see the need, you quickly realize that our
contribution is just a drop in the bucket, but, nonetheless needed and
appreciated."
Paul Elsey, principal of Bates Elementary School in Woodhaven
and a member of the Kiwanis Club in that community, was speaking about a recent
collection of canned goods, fresh fruit and cash that was distributed Oct. 12 to
10 soup kitchens and pantries in the Downriver and Detroit areas.
Two restored school buses now owned by the Kiwanis members
were used to deliver the goods, packed in 225 boxes.
"They were filled to capacity," Elsey said.
This is the fifth year for such a drive and Elsey said that
it initially began to honor the memory and the spirit of volunteerism of a Flat
Rock youth who died suddenly in 1998 at the age of 16.
"Ryan Sergent was just a great kid and always was ready
to volunteer, so this is a way of carrying on," Elsey said.
The weeklong canned goods drive took place at several area
chiropractic offices, and doctors even offered free adjustments in exchange for
the donated items.
"All the schools in the Woodhaven district participated
and, of course, the Kiwanis Club members," Elsey said.
Elsey said Diane and Ken Pool and Evelyn Sergent-Kosowski,
Ryan’s mother, worked on the project, along with Chris Moening and Michelle
Penrick of the Bates Parent Teacher Organization, and Weslie Modolo,
representing Kiwanis. Drs. Tom Clark and Patricia Odette organized the
chiropractors.
Elsey said some of the cash collected would be held in
reserve.
"Many times it is just easier to purchase a certificate
at one of the local supermarkets and make that available to a particular family
in need," he said.
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