A little girl's eyes fill with tears as she's given a small bag of groceries at our local food pantry. "Now we get to eat tonight," she weeps.
A young woman and her two small children living in a storage unit are connected to affordable housing with electricity, plumbing and heat.
These are the real life situations staff and volunteers at Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) encounter on a daily basis. RSVP helps vulnerable people in our community through a number of services: tax preparation assistance, utility support, food assistance, hospice gowns, lap robes, walker bags, cancer quilts, winter coats, backpacks for children and so much more. Who helps RSVP to provide this life-changing work? The United Way of DeKalb County does.
Thanks to the United Way, their supporters and more than 150 active DeKalb County volunteers these local families are receiving the basic essentials that many of us take for granted, until they can get back on their own feet.
Marsha Rosenbalm has been volunteering with RSVP for eight years now. She especially loves volunteering in the food pantry. She says she has received far more than she has given, because of the friendships she's made and knowing that she's making a difference for her DeKalb County neighbors. "We are all working together to provide a good quality of life for DeKalb County residents. We truly LIVE UNITED at RSVP."
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