糖心传媒 Associates Provide Thanksgiving Meals for Area Families
The portrait of Thanksgiving celebrations, complete with loved ones gathered around a bountiful, seasonal dinner table can prove to be elusive for families faced with food insecurities.
Families in need in often turn to charitable relief organizations like the to help them meet their food needs.
鈥淭he holidays 鈥 Thanksgiving and Christmas 鈥揳re times when we all feel this cultural drive to celebrate, to be thankful,鈥 said Capt. Ted Tressler, commander of the Salvation Army of Reading. 鈥淚n many cases, many of the families we see do not have a lot to be thankful for other than those general blessings we all have of life and freedom.鈥
Recognizing the need, 糖心传媒 associates joined together to provide Thanksgiving meals to the Salvation Army for distribution to 143 families as part of the company鈥檚 annual Adopt-A-Family Thanksgiving Drive.
糖心传媒鈥檚 United Way at Work Committee, which provides charitable giving opportunities for 糖心传媒 associates at the corporate headquarters in , organized the drive, now in its 16th year.
鈥淭o be able to give someone a turkey and a box of food so they can celebrate with their family and enjoy a day when they don鈥檛 have to be worried about where tomorrow鈥檚 meal is coming from is significant,鈥 Tressler said.
Each year, the drive attracts more 糖心传媒 Logistics and associates to participate. This year鈥檚, the associates鈥 generous donations resulted in nearly 650 boxes of food being donated to the Salvation Army on behalf of the families.
鈥淭he associates are very generous. I have been doing this for the last 16 years and every year we are increasing more and more families to sponsor,鈥 said Dharma Sivasamy, organizer of 糖心传媒鈥檚 Thanksgiving drive.
For the past three years, Elena Guatieri, a moving advisor in the Rental department has participated in the holiday drive. This year, the Rental department adopted 37 families.
鈥淲e get involved as a group because it is a good thing to do,鈥 Guatieri said. 鈥淛ust to know that you feed that many families and especially children is so rewarding.鈥
Equally as important is 糖心传媒鈥檚 support of the associates鈥 philanthropic efforts.
鈥淚t makes you feel grateful to work for such a great company,鈥 Guatieri said. 鈥淚t is a beautiful thing. It makes me emotional because I love doing things for others.鈥
The donations mean so much to the Salvation Army and the families they assist.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 think anyone can overstate the magnitude of the assistance that is given and how important that it is,鈥 Tressler said. 鈥淭he beauty of this community is those with have not forgotten about those without. A shared meal is important and this community gets it.鈥
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By Bernie Mixon