Holding an empty plastic bag under a funnel, Port Chester High School junior Callie Chen-Schultz waits as other volunteers fill it with rice, beans and other meal products on Sunday, Sept. 8 at All Souls Presbyterian Parish on Parkway Drive. Schultz was one of many volunteers who created meal packages for local charities including Food 2 Grow On and Hurricane Dorian victims as part of “God’s Work, Our Hands Sunday,” a national day of service St. Paul’s Lutheran Church participates in every year.
Volunteers work in assembly line fashion as they create a rice and bean meal package for Food 2 Grow On, a non-profit that aids needy children in the Port Chester Schools, and Hurricane Dorian victims.
Park Avenue Elementary School fourth-grader Jamie Onofrio-Franceschini, 9, labels one of the packages before handing it off to be placed in a box.
Pilgrim Drive volunteer Leslie Esposito fills one of the bags with extra rice so it will weigh between 388 and 390 grams.
