Rotary Club of Carol Stream spearheads community food drive
CAROL STREAM, IL 4/29/2014 - The Rotary Club of Carol Stream hosted a wildly successful food drive on Saturday, April 12th, collecting food from Carol Stream residents to be distributed to three local organizations. During this event monetary donations were also collected, but distributed on April 22nd. Humanitarian Service Project (HSP) was one recipient, using the 4,392 pounds of food and the $416 they received to help feed the hungry in the DuPage and Kane counties.
Two large cargo-vans were filled wall-to-wall with these donations and transported to HSP's facility in Carol Stream. The food was then distributed to 123 different senior citizens served each month by the organization's Senior Citizen Project (SCP).
SCP provides 100 lbs. of groceries delivered directly to the doorstep of 123 seniors each month. The package includes fresh produce, frozen meats, Pepperidge Farm bread, 6 bags of non-perishables and paper products. Every three months seniors also receive hygiene products. Seniors also receive monthly gifts from a "Secret Pal," pet food, and a birthday cake in the month of their special day. The goal of SCP is to alleviate the stress and suffering the seniors endure while struggling to get by at the brink of poverty.
Contact HSP:
Email: hsp@humanitarianservice.org
Telephone: 630-221-8340
Website: www.humanitarianservice.org
Blog: humanitarianserviceproject.blogspot.com.
Address: 465 Randy Road, Carol Stream, IL 60188.
About The Humanitarian Service Project
HSP's mission is to alleviate the pain and suffering that poverty creates in seniors and children living in DuPage and Kane Counties, Illinois. Last year during the Christmas Offering, 840 families with 1,600 children received gifts and 150 impoverished families received three weeks of groceries, frozen meats, bread, and fresh produce. With the Senior Citizen Project, HSP provides monthly food deliveries of 100 pounds including fresh produce, frozen meats, bread, non-perishables, paper products and secret pal gifts to 123 low-income seniors. The Children's Birthday Project reaches the youngest underprivileged, making birthdays and Christmas truly memorable occasions for 925 children. Feed the Kids program provides 100 low-income families with groceries and fresh produce worth $1,500 retail in total for the summer. HSP conducts an annual school supplies drive, which sends supplies to the DuPage Back to School Fair in addition to furnishing schools and individual children with necessary supplies.