Press Room

Reprinted with permission from The Free Meal Center (http://www.freemealcenter.com/).

September 2010

Taking the Challenge

It's heartwarming to experience the generosity and determination of Cape May County folks.  Here are two examples.  Sandra Novick of Swainton approached us in the summer asking what need we had.  "We need 700 concrete blocks," was our immediate answer.  Two weeks later, the 700 blocks were at TFMC.  The first 200 came from John "Chief" DeSantis of Woodbine, who was contacted by Margie Gruff.  The other 500 were purchased with donations corraled by Sandra and friends.

Anne Sanderson of the Cape May County Association of Realtors also quizzed us on our needs.  "We need $3,000 to buy red quarry tile for the kitchen floor," was our response. Anne went right to work by contacting all the county real estate offices and beginning a campaign to raise the money.  The donations began to come in, but a challenge to the other offices to raise $300 each by Wilsey Realty of Cape May really kicked off a flurry of donations.  Recently, the CMCAR presented TFMC with a check for $4,700, enough to not only purchase the heavy duty tile for the kitchen floor but the dry storage room and the buffet line room. These two gals got the ball rolling on fundraising, then hundreds more answered the call.  That's the American spirit of compassion, generosity and determination that makes our country great!

October 2010