United Way volunteers pack 300,000 meals

BB&T Center was bustling with activity on United Way’s 27th annual Day of Caring, when more than 500 volunteers gathered to prepare 300,000 healthy oatmeal packages for Broward County residents in need of food.

The volunteers were employees of 30 companies, including Alpine ITW, Balfour Beatty Construction, FHP Manufacturing, Florida Panthers, Grant Thornton, EcoLab, T-Mobile, WSVN, Community Capital Management, HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, Nova Southeastern University, Publix Super Markets, Steven Douglas and Ultimate Software.

The packed boxes were sent to 25 local food banks through Project Lifeline, a United Way program aimed at fighting hunger.

The program feeds 420,000 clients and families each year.

For more information, visit unitedway broward.org/project-lifeline.

Women United members Nicole Golemi, Sasha Moon, Rosy Lopez, Beth Meek and Jill Horowitz

Ken Hetlage, vice president of Memorial Healthcare, Kathleen Cannon, president and CEO of United Way of Broward County, and Sean McCaffrey, chief of staff for the Florida Panthers.

DOWNTOWN PHOTO/COURTESY PHOTOS HealthTrust Workforce Solutions employees

Tocqueville Society members Allison Cagnetta, Dot Cobb, Keith Cobb, Lori Taubman, Andrew Taubman, Kevin Purvis and Carol Cutler

Publix employees