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Volunteer spotlight: Gloria has packed boxes every Saturday for two years

By Danielle Carter ·

She knows the regulars by name, remembers which families need low-sodium options, and always arrives early.

Gloria retired from a school cafeteria and decided that feeding people was not something she was finished with.

She keeps a mental index of dietary needs and quietly sets aside what each family will use.

Ask her why she keeps coming back and she shrugs: 'Because Saturday comes every week.'

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