PACH Thanksgving

On Saturday November 22nd, a small group of us volunteered at PACH to help give Thanksgiving baskets to those in need.  PACH is a small outreach community located in Pepperell, whose goal is to help provide for the basic needs of Pepperell residents by supplying them with food and personal care items.  From 11 to 3, we brought boxes out to the cars of those who signed up to receive Thanksgiving boxes, complete with a turkey, as well as apples, potatoes and other traditional holiday food items.  When we first arrived, I was amazed by the sheer number of people who had come to volunteer, as the NOLA group was not the only group of people there, which made the service go by very quickly.  As the day progressed however, it became clear that we could use all the help we could get, particularly around midday, when every volunteer was either bringing boxes or turkeys out to people’s cars, or checking people in to begin their service.  At the end of the afternoon, it was very satisfying to look at nearly a dozen empty tables, knowing that these tables had all been covered with boxes of food, which were now going to enrich so many families Thanksgivings. It's truly amazing how much a group of people can make a difference in the community around us.


                              -Travis Horan