The Prep Donates Food, Supplies to St. Francis Inn

Preppers Aaron Sykes, Alim Kamara, Connor Kramer, and Dave Bowdler pose with Barbara Salapek from St. Francis Inn. 

 On Monday afternoon, the Prep donated 757 pounds of food, 7 bags of clothes, and 10 sleeping bags to St. Francis Inn.  The food, clothing, and sleeping bags had been collected piecemeal through various generous sources.  Thank you to those who contributed!

Pillow Fight: Prep Donates over 80 pillows to the Homeless Shelter

Delivering the pillows on October 1, 2015 to Our Brother's Place, From Left to Right: two recipients of the pillows, Brendan Heenan, '16, Pat Gillespie, '16, and Mr. Vaccaro. 

Yesterday, the Hurtado Food Pantry President Pat Gillespie, '16, Vice President Brendan Heenan, '16, and Moderator Mr. Leo Vaccaro, '05, delivered over 80 pillows to "Our Brother's Place," an emergency shelter run by the housing-first organization, the Bethesda Project.

Men staying at "Our Brother's Place," located at 907 Hamilton Street, came out to help unload the boxes of pillows and they transported them upstairs.  Although there are 149 men who sleep in "Our Brother's Place" on any given day, there are not permanent beds for all of the men, so the Prep was only asked to donate 80 pillows to be used on the 77 permanent beds that are kept on the shelter's second floor.  There are also 72 cots downstairs, which unfortunately lack the storage area to allow for pillows.

The boxes of pillows outside of "Our Brother's Place"

Due to the incredibly generous response from the Prep community, and through the use of the website YouGiveGoods.com, Hurtado' request for 80 pillows was met, not within a few days, but within a matter of hours!  In addition to the pillows, a great number of pillow cases were also delivered.