Serving with Liberty

Today and last Friday, HSP had the pleasure of welcoming volunteers from Liberty Mutual into our facility so they could take part in their annual Serve with Liberty volunteering event.

            Serve with Liberty is a company-wide program that each of the Liberty Mutual branches across the country take part in. Kirsten J., a volunteer from the Warrenville branch explains, “This is the third year I’ve served at Humanitarian Service Project through Serve with Liberty. Basically, this volunteer event is Liberty’s way of getting their employees out and serving a charity that means something to them.” Kirsten went on to explain that the company offers more than five hundred different volunteering options across the country, and the employees are always rushing to sign up for the charity that means the most to them.

            We couldn’t be happier with the five Liberty Mutual employees that visited last Friday, or the eleven employees that helped out today. Each group volunteered to help with our Feed the Kids (FTK) program, packaging up non-perishable food and meat to be distributed to 100 families with kids that are enrolled in a school subsidized lunch program. This food is distributed throughout the summer months when the children aren’t in school and the program is on hiatus.

Our Feed the Kids program is designed to ensure that these 375 school-aged children receive proper nutrition. To do so, HSP provides the needy families in FTK with groceries during the summer food lull. In June, July, and August families receive 175 lbs of non-perishable, fresh produce and frozen meat which include a selection of 15 various fresh fruits and vegetables, 3 boxes of non-perishables weighing 25 pounds each, 7 kinds of frozen meats, and Pepperidge Farm bread each month.

Thanks again to our friends at Liberty Mutual for helping us in our goal to feed the kids this summer!