Brava & Bravo for the Perishable Food Rescue Team!

The “Save the Perishables” Team (Image credit: Nick Schauman

On the first day of Spring 2020, during four labor-intensive hours, a group of dedicated volunteers quickly gathered and packed perishable food form Booker T. Washington Middle School’s cafeteria, promptly distributing it via the Outcast Food Network and the Ruth Kirk Recreation Center.

Mariel Pfister, LCSW-C, Promise Heights’ Community School Director at Booker T. Washington led volunteers, afterwards sharing that,

“it was inspiring to work along folks that show up for others even in the most uncertain of times, and it’s nice that the milk didn’t go to waste and actually went somewhere where it was needed. I guess it’s true what they say—it takes a village to move a mountain of milks.”

Huge kudos also to the apt coordination by the school’s dedicated Cafeteria Manager Sheila Travers; to Clinton Tate for his energy loading the truck; the Promise Heights team; as well as the Ed Reed Foundation in partnership with The Local Oyster for helping make this small miracle happen.