Volunteer Spotlight: Pam Fletcher
April 20, 2015
By Lynda Pusey, Fund Development Specialist
April is Volunteer Appreciation Month! Volunteers are the heart and soul of our organization. We can’t do what we do without their support! While each and every volunteer is important to us, some have gone above and beyond! Pam Fletcher is one of those volunteers.
Pam is a retired school psychologist who has been volunteering at the Food Bank of Delaware since August 2014. She volunteers in the kitchen and in the volunteer room approximately six hours each week and says she loves the variety of work and meeting so many new people.
As a kitchen volunteer, Pam works alongside a small team of volunteers preparing and packing meals for our After-School Nutrition Program. Having worked in a school environment she understands the importance of getting food to those who are food insecure. Thanks to dedicated volunteers like Pam we have been able to distribute 138,812 meals and 51,282 snacks through the After-School Nutrition Program to children who may not have access to nutritious foods after school.
She said she has learned patience and how to “roll with the flow” every day while volunteering. Her advice for people who are considering volunteering is to come and give it a try. “It is so fulfilling. It’s such a gift to be able to give back, and that’s why I volunteer,” she says.
To learn more about how you can volunteer your time at the Food Bank of Delaware, please visit www.fbd.volunteerhub.com.
