Three Volunteer Groups at HSP Today!

Today was a very busy day at the Humanitarian Service Project. Volunteers from three different groups came in and generously donated their time to assist us in our warehouse. Volunteers from Insight Inc., Girl Scout Troop 1072, and Cantigny assisted us with sorting and packaging non-perishable food items. The food items that were being packaged were collected from the Stamp out Hunger event that occurred this past Saturday. It’s perceived approximately 18,040 pounds of food for the needy seniors and families we sponsor came in from this event.

Insight Inc. has become a fast friend of HSP. Just this past month they held a food collection drive for our needy seniors.  Their company allows every employee to have sixteen paid volunteer hours every year. Today two of their employees contributed part of their volunteer hours to helping us sort through and package some of the food items collected.

The girls of Girl Scout Troop 1072 from Fry Elementary School in Naperville also joined us as they came in to donate a few hours on their day off of school. This troop has volunteered for us in the past with present wrapping and enjoyed the experience so much that they wanted to come back. Eight 5th grade girls and their two troop leaders assisted us in our warehouse with sorting and organizing through some of the non-perishable food items.

We also were lucky to have Cantigny with us today with seven volunteers at our center. Cantigny allows its employees to partake in four community service days per year and these seven chose to spend today with us. The volunteers spent the day sorting and boxing non-perishable food items and creating bags of meat for our needy seniors.

Thank you to all of our volunteers today. If you or your organization is interested in volunteering for HSP give us a Call at 630-221-8340 or email us at hsp@humanitarianservice.org for more information.