Wakefield Rotary & Brightview Host Hygiene Product Drive

Wakefield MA

01 November, 2021

10:32 AM

Description

The Wakefield Rotary Club will host its annual food drive differently this year. This Thursday, November 4th from 4p-6p, you can drop off your donation of new personal hygiene products at the Brightview Senior Living lobby located at 21 Crescent Street. Each donor will be entered into a raffle to win a $100 gift card to Public Kitchen and a $100 gift card to Sabatino's Restaurant and Lounge. All donations will benefit the Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry. Wakefield Rotarian and Brightview Community Sales Director Jill McWilliam explained, "One of Rotary's Seven Areas of Focus is related to hygiene. We know that the food pantry receives mostly food donations, which is great. But we thought we'd take a different focus this year." She added, "The Wakefield Food Pantry serves over 600 of our neighbors. We're really happy that we can host this drive." About Rotary International & Wakefield Rotary Club Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. There are 1.2 million Rotarians in 160 countries worldwide. The first Rotary Club was founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1905 by an attorney named Paul Harris and several of his colleagues. The name "Rotary" was derived from the early practice of rotating meetings among each of the members' offices. The Rotary motto is "Service above self". The Wakefield Rotary Club meets each Tuesday at noon at Brightview on Crescent Street. For more information on the club's initiatives or to join the Wakefield Rotary Club, visit www.wakefieldrotaryclub.org or contact us at [email protected].