The Central Bucks Family YMCA in Doylestown, PA, hosted another successful holiday food drive on November 21, 2015. Members of the YMCA had the opportunity to select an anonymous family from the Thanksgiving wreath to purchase a complete Thanksgiving meal. The families enrolled in the program are beneficiaries of the YMCA’s financial assistance program. The program has become a popular way for families and community groups to give back to those who need a helping hand this season. Cassie Galster from the Doylestown office and her husband Dillon participated in the drive again this year. “It’s fun to pick out items for a whole meal and know you are giving a family everything they need to have a holiday meal together.”
Cassie also teaches yoga at the YMCA and knows that this meal could be received by one of her students or another member she sees and interacts with at the Y.
This year’s family meal included a frozen turkey, stuffing, potatoes, vegetables, rolls, cranberry sauce, a pumpkin pie, spices and cooking supplies for the meal and a bottle of sparkling cider. The cost of the groceries was matched by CVI with an additional monetary donation to the CBFYMCA.
[By Cassie Galster]
