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Follow on Google News | C&S Makes a Difference Across AmericaFor the ninth year, employees at C&S Wholesale Grocers facilities joined millions of volunteers around the country to participate in Make A Difference Day
Working closely with local nonprofit organizations, C&S organized 15 community service projects, ranging from repairing flood damaged homes to serving meals at soup kitchens. At the Company’s headquarter offices, 25 employees and family members volunteered during the morning to create a garden, plant bushes and bulbs, and beautify the grounds at the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western New Hampshire. “For hundreds of our employees, Make A Difference Day is special,” said Gina Goff, C&S Director of Community Involvement. “On the fourth Saturday in October we take part in the nation’s largest day of volunteer action as a way to help our neighbors and improve our communities.” C&S covers the costs of all materials needed for the Make A Difference Day projects, which included: Aberdeen: Landscaping at Aberdeen Middle School Birmingham: Repairing homes belonging to elderly, homebound, and fixed income families in partnership with Carpenter’s Hand Brattleboro: Making repairs to homes that were affected by Tropical Storm Irene at the Mountain Home Trailer Park Erie / Buffalo: Serving a meal at the Friends of the Night Shelter Fresno: Preparing food boxes at the Community Food Bank of Fresno Hawaii: Building a fence around a playground and landscaping at the Waianae Homeless Shelter Keene: Landscaping at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western New Hampshire Mauldin: Helping kids with special needs through the Mauldin Miracle League Newburgh: Sacramento: Packing 75 back packs with food and winter clothing for children through the Sacramento Food Bank Suffield: Renovating Babb's Roller Rink, a non-profit, historic landmark supported by Citizens Restoring Congamond Westfield: Landscaping at the Westfield Cancer House of Hope Windsor Locks: Renovating Babb's Roller Rink, a non-profit, historic landmark supported by Citizens Restoring Congamond Projects held in November: Dubois: Packing food and clothing boxes for flood victims along the Susquehanna River through the Christian Missionary Alliance Ministry Hatfield: Assisting with a charity event at the New Horizons Community Center Stockton: Sorting groceries and packing food boxes at the Stockton Emergency Food Bank End
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