Each year, Reading Rotary works with community partners, ReadingCares, the Town of Reading and many community donors coordinate the Adopt-a-Family project for Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Thanksgiving distribution day was November 24. Receiving families are matched anonymously with donor families or groups to provide meal and gifts at Christmas and meals at Thanksgiving. Donors drop off at the Town DPW garage in the first shift, then recipient families pick up their food and gifts during a later shift. Reading Rotary’s efforts were headed by Rotarian Sasha DiPietro. This is a truly inspirational and humbling event to see the community come together to help others. The generosity of the donors is overwhelming as evidenced by the many smiling faces as well as some tears of thanks. Reading Rotary is proud of and grateful for its partners ReadingCares and the Town of Reading in this community giving event. A huge thank you to all the donor families and groups. Their generosity makes this all possible.
