Leo Club’s Impact on Snowbound Local Citizens
Members of the Leo Club recently completed their annual
Blizzard Bags project for the Three Village Meals on Wheels program.
Their thoughtful project started with fundraising bake sales in the
school, shopping for all the food items and assembling the bags for
delivery to the organization, which then delivered the packages to the
senior citizens who receive Meals on Wheels services. Each Blizzard Bag
contained four shelf-stable boxed or canned meals for seniors to have in
their home to use when their daily Meals on Wheels delivery is canceled
due to poor winter weather. Last week’s early winter snowstorm forced
Meals on Wheels to cancel its regular meal delivery, but the recipients
already had their Blizzard Bags in their homes. “Our students have done
this project for quite a few years, and it was really special for them
to be acknowledged with a note of kindness from the organization’s vice
president during the first snowstorm of the season,” said technology
teacher Mr. Brian Chalmers, who co-advises the club with school
librarian Mrs. Mary LaSita. “They learn to understand the impact of
their dedication and efforts more fully.”