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Thanks to Everyone Who “Shared Their Bounty” at Thanksgiving This Year!

Many hands made for a bountiful Thanksgiving for clients of Good News Partners and the New Trier Township Food Pantry.

The Volunteer Center is grateful to the families, individuals, schools and community groups who donated carloads of nutritious food to the clients of Good News Partners, and a pantry full of fresh produce to the New Trier Township Food Pantry.   Special shoutout to Fred Schwimmer and Ned Meisner from the Winnetka-Northfield Rotary, and the Hartvigsen family of Winnetka, who helped deliver all of the donations on Thanksgiving morning.

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In 2015 Families and Groups Came Together to Donate 250 Bags of Food to
Clients of Good News Partners!

Last year was filled with abundance and gratitude as individuals, families, and school groups turned out in force to share their bounty with those in need at Good News Partners (GNP) and New Trier Township.

 

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