THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – WEDnESDAy, nOVEmbEr 27, 2024 Page 5 Thanksgiving Heroes more than 40 volunteers gathered at the Saugus United Parish Food Pantry on Saturday to help distribute Thanksgiving meals to needy families By Mark E. Vogler H er fi rst experience of helping needy families carry a Thanksgiving Day meal to their cars left a deep impression on 15-yearold Rose Means last Saturday. “I will remember people being happy when they see all the food they were going to get,” the Saugus High School 10th-grader said of the frequent smiles she observed on people’s faces as they walked out the basement of First Congregational Church. “You could see that a lot of people were touched by the kindness they received. My grandmother has been wanting me to come and help. Finally, I did and I’m happy that I got to help out,” she said. “If I were here to get food, I would be so grateful to see the number of people who came here to help out.” Rose was one of more than 40 volunteers who gave up most of their Saturday morning to participate in the Saugus United Parish Food Pantry’s Annual Thanksgiving food drive. About 140 needy families – mostly from Saugus, and several surrounding communities – were able to walk away with a bounty of food to accommodate a conventional sitdown family meal on Thanksgiving Day, according to Pastor Joe Hoyle of Cliftondale Congregational Church, who orgaA corps of volunteers pitched in to help at the Saugus United Parish Food Pantry’s annual Thanksgiving food drive last Saturday. (Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler) nized his fourth Thanksgiving Food Drive during the six and a half years he has been offi ciating the church. Each family HEROES | SEE PAGE 6 SABATINO/MASTROCOLA INSURANCE AGENCY 519 BROADWAY EVERETT, MA 02149 Auto * Home * Boat * Renter * Condo * Life * Multi-Policy Discounts * Commercial 10% Discounts * Registry Service Also Available Sabatino Insurance is proud to welcome the loyal customers of ALWAYS READY TO SERVE YOU: Our Staff are, Emma Davidson, Jeimy Sanchez, Josephine Leone, Marie D’Amore, Rocco Longo, Z’andre Lopez, Anthony DiPierro, Darius Goudreau, Laurette Murphy, Danielle Goudreau and Tina Davidson. PHONE: (617) 387-7466 FAX: (617) 381-9186 Visit us online at: WWW.SABATINO-INS.COM
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