THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAy, SEpTEmbER 26, 2025 Page 11 ~ IN APPRECIATION ~ Revere’s Veterans Service Office Program Offers Monthly Food Bank Story and Photos This leads to the biggest by Al Terminiello, Jr. T Veterans Service Officer and U.S. Army Vet Danny Hernandez oversees the distribution of all the bags of food — totaling 320 last month. he Revere Veterans Service Office — located in the basement (rear entry) of the American Legion Post at 249 Broadway — is staffed by caring and dedicated people, headed by Veterans Service Officer and US Army Veteran Danny Hernandez, Assistant to the Veterans Service Officer Donna Dreeszen and Al Terminiello, Jr. Daily, local veterans call for many issues, including medical coverage, monthly checks, emergency shelter provisions, information and everything in between. program that has been added to the Veterans Services Office: paying tribute to our veterans with a food bank. This program is no small task, it takes lots of volunteers, time, and the generosity of local businesses, and donations from The Greater Boston Food Bank to keep this program a success. The food bank is scheduled for the first Wednesday of every month. The Revere office is a food drop for Chelsea, Winthrop and the Swampscott/ Marblehead veterans’ offices. The food is offloaded by volunteers and set on pallets for pickup. This entire process to serve our veterans is a labor of love and requires lots of work and a huge amount of generosity from the sponsors. In Revere alone there are 320 bags of food sorted, packaged and processed to the corresponding veterans every month. Food and volunteers arrive at 6 a.m. for delivery, with veterans arriving between 10-11:30 a.m. Veterans are required to preregister each month, so that the proper amount of food is allotted for them. Please call 781-286-8119 to preregister or for more information. VETERANS | SEE Page 14 June Dennen, Kathy Savage and Hajar Bichou carefully fill the bags with fresh fruits and vegetables. Grocery bags filled with chicken, cereals, fruit drinks, canned fruits and other foods for each preregistered veteran Michael LaBerge is one of the many volunteers who help with the veterans’ food bank. Kathy Savage helping with the fresh vegetables Anthony Cogliandro is shown helping with the Revere veterans’ food bank. Steve Penta helps with the many boxes of canned tomato sauce to be added to the food bags.
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