East Penn Community and Rotarians for a Common Cause

          Thursday evening February 2nd a group of approximately 65 people met at the Willow Lane Elementary School.  Jeff McElhaney along with the organizers Michele and Bobby put us to work helping to feed people in need.  Jeff led us with a few words explaining the evening and introducing Bobby and Michele.  Bobby and Michele spread their outreach program, I believe he said over four States and the District of Columbia.  Jeff introduced the President of the Emmaus Food bank and she thanked us for the meals we were donating to the approximately 120 East Penn Families that use the food bank in our immediate area.  

           In all there were six stations of 10 people including children, Interact students and Rotarians and their families. Along with the Emmaus Rotarians there were other Valley rotary groups helping with the cause.  As we put on our  hair nets, plastic gloves, and aprons we broke up in groups filling special bags with nutritious soy protein, beans, vegetables and rice to be used by a family of four to six to have a meal with the proper nutrition.

           On the other side of the cafeteria the groups were putting together macaroni and cheese dinners for other families.  In all we filled about 20000 meals with some of the meals going to our local food bank at Bethany Bible Church in Emmaus.  

           A special thank you to Tony Moyer the Principal at Willow Lane Elementary School for providing the facility, the fellowship, the delicious meal and snacks and the time we had to spend together as friends, and especially Rotarians.