Roberta has a career in home healthcare, but needed a little extra help this year affording food for the holidays. She knew the food bank would be there for her to help make the season special.
As Roberta pulled up to a recent food distribution, her 9-year-old son Elijah was sitting in the back seat, a computer on his lap, doing schoolwork. Meanwhile, her daughter, the bubbly, rambunctious 4-year-old Eliona, just wanted to charm the volunteers.
“She loves being the center of attention,” Roberta laughed as Eliona popped out of the car, giggling and jumping around.
Roberta has a career in home healthcare, but needed a little extra help this year affording food for the holidays. She knew the food bank would be there for her.
“This is going to help a lot,” she said as volunteers loaded bags of holiday food – including a ham and sides – into her trunk. “We’ll have this for the holiday, and then have leftovers for a while, too.”
The food helps Roberta make the season special for her family, but she’s focused on more than that.
“It would be a normal day without this food,” she said. “I’m grateful for the food and I’m just really thankful for all the blessings we have.”