Local residents donated their time and resources to prepare 2,000 boxes of food to help families in need.
Volunteers gathered at Calvary Full Gospel Church on Trenton Road in Fairless Hills worked for about four hours Saturday to pack boxes with non-perishable goods such as oatmeal, Gatorade and other food items. The boxes are expected to be distributed in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia in the near future.
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Jackie and Carlos Zayas are part of Calvary Full Gospel Church and also happen to be the team leaders for food distribution with other volunteers. The volunteers gathered the food to be distributed as part of the Festival of Light, a Christian event that takes place in the region.
The amount of people who were present to pack the boxes on Saturday was impressive, with folks coming from as far as New York and Bethlehem to take part.
“I was touched by the amount of people who are truly grateful,” Jackie Zayas said.
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“You don’t realize how many people are in need of a simple food box,” she said. The couple was so blown away be the response of their initial involvement, that they kept volunteering to pack food.
Although Carlos Zayas was running around and helping pack boxes of food, he mentioned his appreciation for those who volunteered.
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The group will be taking the boxes to Kensington on August 14, where giveaways of gift cards and other such items will happen alongside the food box giveaways.
Zayas’ has been coming to the congregation in Fairless Hills for 22 years and met in the youth group.
“This is something that [Carlos] and I wanted to be a part of,” Jackie Zayas said. “It’s just a great feeling.”
