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2 Place team: Mike Fort, Bill Uram Jr., Tom Uram and John Musko. 3 Place team: Bill Cygan, Cindy Pierce, Julie Hornak and Nancy Ellis.
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A Fast & Furious Food Drive at Seven Oaks Community
From November 1 through November 8, GCU Beaver neighbors, this not-
Constellation held a Fast & Furious Food Drive to benefit so-small gesture will
Families Matter Food Pantry in Monaca, PA, which is an go a long way. Thank
agency of the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. you to the donors &
The food pantry serves over 2,000 families monthly, volunteers who made
including 125 veterans weekly. Families Matter Food this a successful food
Pantry distributes 75,000 lbs. of food per week. Families drive!
Matter Food Pantry co-director Quinna Price shared that
more families are facing food insecurity than ever before. Elizabeth Harbist | Beaver
The Food Drive was concentrated in the Seven Oaks Constellation Coordinator
Community and also the GCU Home Office. On Saturday,
November 1, brown bags were distributed to every
Seven Oaks community residence;
the Seven Oaks Golf Shop; and the
Front Lobby. A flyer attached to each
bag provided simple directions: Fill
the Bag with non-perishable foods
and place the filled bag on your
porch (or in the Club lobby) by noon
on November 8.
The response was phenomenal!
The 6 volunteers collected 109
bags of food; and $400. for the
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Food Pantry. We filled the Families
Matter van to capacity! Co-directors
Quina Price and Rachel Triscila were
overwhelmed with the generosity
of the Seven Oaks Community and
the additional $500. donation
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from the GCU Home Office. During Check presentation to Family Matter co-director Quinna Price by Beaver Constellation Coor-
these difficult times for some of our dinator Elizabeth Harbist with her grandson Nicholas in the middle. Helpers in back are John
F. Harbist, Patty Lebanik, Jeff Brayer and co-director of the food pantry Rachel Triscila.

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