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Greetings from the Windermere Foundation,

Recently, Windermere Services challenged each department to bring in either cans of food or cash donations for local food banks. While there were incentives to be the winning department, in addition to the obvious rewards of helping others, each department took the challenge seriously. The challenge ran for one month and the totals were impressive: $8,096.10 in cash donations and over 2,430 pounds of food were taken to Food Lifeline and Northwest Harvest. Needless to say, they were thrilled with the donations and especially thankful because while donations are down about 30%, the need has nearly tripled for many of the local food banks. And…. per Food Lifeline, every $1 of cash raised will feed approximately 5 people. So…this donation of $8,096 will provide 40,480 meals for families in need – in addition to the food donated! That’s cool.

Christine Wood
Windermere Foundation

Greetings from the Windermere Foundation,

As the holiday season approaches, I thought I’d include information about what you can do to help less fortunate families, especially the children, during this important time. We encourage offices to adopt families through their local social service organizations or their local schools. Organize volunteers in your office to do the shopping, wrapping and delivering. Consider having a gift wrapping party and serve food and festive libations. Some families prefer to remain anonymous, so if it’s important for you to be able to deliver the gifts directly to the families, please check with the organization first to see if that’s an option. This is a great way to help those who need our help now more than ever. Not only is this a fun way to get involved, it’s very rewarding when you know that you’ve made someone’s holiday a little brighter.

Christine Wood

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