Percepta Volunteers Help Gleaners Make a difference
For more than 33 years, the Gleaners Community Food Bank has been “nourishing communities by feeding hungry people.” Volunteers are an essential part of how Gleaners successfully distributes more than 36 million pounds of food in a year. Last year, Gleaners distributed emergency food to more than 484 partner soup kitchens, shelters, and pantries in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Livingston, and Monroe counties. Because of what Gleaners does on a daily basis for our communities, Kemba Bracy, executive assistant, Percepta North America, was inspired to get involved and assembled a team of 21 Percepta employees who were dedicated to making a difference in the fight against hunger.
The team discovered they could feed hungry people not just by donating canned goods, but by taking some time from their weekend to roll up their sleeves and help. Volunteers visited the Gleaners warehouse in Detroit, Saturday, September 10 and 14 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and helped pack food boxes, sort vegetables, organize children’s school supplies, and inspect food items for safe delivery to more than 300 families. Employees were delighted to bring their children to lend a helping hand.
We are proud of the Percepta team and their efforts to help feed families and make sure they don’t have to worry about when their next meal will come.
Special thanks to volunteers: Lynne Buckman, Lena Harris, Nicole Whitaker, DaVonya Lyons, Jiya Lyons, Christian Whitaker, Dorthy Williams, Pat Eicholtz, Christian Allen, Bill Eicholtz, Robin Tansil-Morse, Christopher Willis, NaDonna Taylor, LaSalle Swinson, Tim Aulph, Virginia VandenBergh, Erica Darthard, Kemba Bracy and Tim O’Brien.