Meals By Grace - January

Members of the Rotary Club of Alpharetta recently gave back to families in need by volunteering to feed less fortunate residents.

On Sunday, Jan. 15, Alpharetta Rotarians traveled to Midway United Methodist Church to help Forsyth County-based Meals By Grace and its volunteers set up various stations to sort clothing and food for the citizens they serve.

Meals by Grace is a nonprofit ministry focused on providing food support through multiple programs to children and families in need.

Families are recommended to the program by school social workers, childcare center directors and poverty trained counselors.

Registered families provide a list of preferred food items and volunteers fill a shopping bag with pantry staple foods for the family. After the bag is filled, the goods are placed in a bin along with meat, bread and desserts, and delivered to the clients by volunteers.

Volunteers gather each Sunday at the church to help with client registration, unloading dry goods, sorting clothes and helping out in the kitchen. Rotary Club members who took part in this most recent endeavor include Carla Breakwell, Phil Breakwell, Randy Schiltz, Mickey Rogers and his son, Jeff Franz, Cokkie Eaker, Katie Rocco, Heather Honeycutt, Lauri and Rory Young, Anna Ligon, Estaban Montero, Rob Johns and Cathy Shanley.

An Eagle Scout also packed emergency kits for power outages for the families supported by Meals by Grace.