Food Drive update

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Hey everybody, just a quick update on the food drive-

Thank you to every person that manned a table these last few weekends, thanks to you along with a donation from a local orchard we were able to fill three boxes for each of our 20 families! That is a mighty amount of food and more than just a Thanksgiving meal! Phi Beta Lambda helped provide sustenance for a large portion of the Walla Walla valley's disadvantaged families!

Additionally, the monetary donations we received were substantial enough that each of these 20 families also received a $25 gift card to Harvest Foods of Walla Walla to help purchase the "perishable" items that are needed to make a Thanksgiving dinner work like a turkey or a ham.

On top of that, a local business (who wished to remain nameless) was willing to donate 5 fresh turkeys to help us with our cause. Two things came from this. First, our twenty families were so well provided with their 3 boxes of food and their gift card that these turkeys were able to be given to alternate families that were in need. Second, this wonderful nameless company cared so much about what we were doing that they provided an additional five turkeys! This made a total of ten turkeys which meant we helped ten additional families with our efforts!

This club has made a huge difference this quarter and I am proud to know the many folks in this club that have labored to make fantastic things happen for our neighbors in Walla Walla, stand proud classmates, you are making a difference in the world, making it a better tomorrow!