Batavia Rotary donates four collapsible grocery carts to Mercy Housing Batavia Apartments
Four new collapsible grocery carts, donated by the Batavia Rotary Club, were put into use for the first time on Friday, Feb. 4.
The service club presented the carts when they volunteered at the mobile Pop-Up Food Pantry at Mercy Housing Batavia Apartments.
At a prior mobile pantry event, Rotarian Tony Winter recognized the need for the carts to help residents transport their groceries to their apartments.
Lynn Queen, resident service coordinator assistant for the apartments, was thrilled with the donation.
"These carts will greatly help the residents," Queen said. "Residents need to cross the expansive campus after visiting the pantry, which can be difficult to manage while carrying heavy pantry items."
The carts will be stored at Batavia Apartments for continued use on the campus.
The morning's Pop-Up Food Pantry is a service of the Aurora Area Interfaith Pantry and their partner, Calvary Church of Naperville.
The Batavia Apartments stop was one of many they coordinate monthly throughout a five-county area, according to Becky Dunnigan, donor relations manager at the Aurora Pantry.
Batavia Rotarians who helped pass out food to the residents were Teri Dykhuis, Bob Hubbard, Peter Lowe, Margaret Perreault, Tom VonLunen, and Tony Winter.
Assistance was also provided by Sgt. Salvador Rodriguez and the Kane County Sheriff's Department as well as many firefighters from the Batavia Fire Department.
For more information about the club's service projects, contact Margaret Perreault, community service chair for Batavia Rotary Club, at (630) 879-7134.
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Batavia Rotary Club weekly meetings
The Batavia Rotary Club meets at 8 a.m. Tuesdays at Apple Villa, 1961 W. Wilson St. in Batavia. All meetings are streamed to remote participants on Zoom. All are welcome to attend the meeting; email info@bataviarotaryclub.org for a Zoom invitation or to RSVP for in-person attendance.
Batavia Rotary Club's Tuesday morning meetings are fun and informative. Whether the topic is strategic, international, educational, or local, you will always come away knowing more than when you came.
On Feb. 8, it will be Brett Weiss on the Weiss Scholarship Foundation, followed on Feb. 15 by Jacob Kneip on leadership and team building; and on Feb. 22 by Austin Dempsey of the Batavia Fireworks Committee.