Volunteer Spotlight (Page 5)

Gary and Helen Hurlbutt – Volunteer Spotlight

Interview conducted in 2015 by Ivy Miller. Local Couple Follows Their Passion of Fighting Hunger Within Community How many years has it been since you started volunteering with FDN? Gary: Five. We started off just picking up food for the pantry for Reach Out for Christ Church (in Freeville, NY). Picking up food from the […]

Owen Zhang – Volunteer Spotlight

Interview conducted in 2015 by Linda Myers. “Food justice is often overlooked when people think about social justice.” How did you get involved as a volunteer with Friendship Donations Network? When I was a sophomore at Ithaca High School I had a lot of free time on weekends and wanted to do something useful. My […]

Art Pearce – Volunteer Spotlight

Interview conducted in 2014 by Jane Mt.Pleasant. How long have you been volunteering for the FDN? I started working with FDN in 2009 when a group of us formed an Advisory Committee that explored ways that FDN could transition from a successful project run by Sara Pines into a sustainable not-for-profit corporation. In 2010 we incorporated, and […]