At the end of last month, we had the opportunity to volunteer with the Salvation Army’s “Project Bundle-Up”. For those of you who don’t know what “Project Bundle-Up” is, it is a program that serves needy and disabled senior citizens and disadvantaged children, ranging from infant to teens, providing those in need with winter outerwear. Eligibility for the program is based on economic need. Each year, the Salvation Army joins forces with local merchants to raise money to fund this program.
My first experience with “Project Bundle-Up” was back when I was the assistant women’s basketball coach at Pitt-Johnstown. It was one of the volunteer opportunities offered to our student-athletes, and I decided to participate with some of our athletes. After spending the evening shopping with kids, I couldn’t get over how amazing the program was. When I was hired at Pitt-Greensburg, one of my first phone calls was to our Salvation Army to see if they ran a local “Project Bundle-Up”. This marked the third straight year our players and coaches have participated in the program.
Back on October 22, we joined Captain Pamela Rhodes and Belinda Jozefowicz from the Greensburg Salvation Army at the Greensburg Wal-Mart. We helped explain vouchers to families, took children and senior citizens on person shopping sprees, and helped cashiers bag purchases. The Greensburg Salvation Army, which has served our community since 1903, offers a number of tremendous program and services to our local community, many of which we will be helping with throughout the year.
...Team with Belinda's daughter...
