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A local organization is continuing on the success of their holiday meal kit project last December with another offering this Fourth of July.
Washington for Justice’s inaugural meal kit program raised over $3,000 to provide 63 kits for families throughout Washington County to make a traditional Midwestern or Latinx-style meal. Washington for Justice Director Meredith Henderson says they are now collecting monetary donations to offer meal kits this summer, as food insecurity is year round, “I’m still blown away at the generosity of our community for our holiday meal kits. That was amazing and shows that the need is there and the desire to help our community is there as well.”
Photo courtesy of Washington for Justice.
The Washington for Justice organization wants to express their gratitude to those who helped make their inaugural holiday meal kit program an overwhelming success this December.
The group which formed last year hoped they could help Washington County families who had a difficult 2020, with the expectation of gathering around two dozen Midwestern and Latino-style meal kits. Washington for Justice Communications Director Bethany Glinsmann says they eventually collected enough community donations to provide 63 kits, “When our director Meredith Henderson had the idea for the meal kits, we were all really excited about it, and to see it grow into an event that was larger than we could have anticipated was really great. So I was really proud of our community for being generous and helping our fellow community members in a time of need. And seeing all the boxes of food there that morning when we were assembling everything was just really incredi