Gastonia family contributes $15,000 to food program
The Gaston Gazette As a child growing up in Queens, New York, Kelly Whitesides knew what it meant to worry about where her next meal was coming from. "I know how important this program is," she said, as she stood with her husband Sam in the BackPack Weekend Food Program warehouse on Linwood Road in Gastonia. "I was one of those kids when I was young," she continued. "I like the way this program works. I like the way the kids receiving the food are not singled out or embarrassed. I like the good this program does." Whitesides had volunteered with the program several years ago, but she and her ...