Commission delivers holiday food boxes
contributed photos — Marshall County Communications Specialist Larry Springston gives a Marshalltown resident a box of food during the Christmas Blessings Food Box event on Monday.
Marshall County Communications employees Tiffany Eibs and Larry Springston show off a pickup bed carrying food boxes for lucky Marshalltown residents. The truck went all over Marshalltown on Monday to deliver the boxes.
contributed photos — Marshall County Communications Specialist Larry Springston gives a Marshalltown resident a box of food during the Christmas Blessings Food Box event on Monday.
Marshall County Communications employees Tiffany Eibs and Larry Springston show off a pickup bed carrying food boxes for lucky Marshalltown residents. The truck went all over Marshalltown on Monday to deliver the boxes.
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Sixty-seven households in Marshalltown received a special box on Monday from the Marshall County Communications Commission.
Director Rhonda Braudis said they held the first Christmas Blessings Food Box event and are planning to host another one next year. The event was coordinated by Larry Springston, who Braudis said donated hours of time.
Braudis posted on Facebook they were seeking nominations of families who could have benefited from a box full of food. The boxes contained either turkey or ham, stuffing, potatoes, canned vegetables and a pan to cook the turkey in.
"We wanted to do something positive for the community," she said.
All of the commission employees helped with the event in some way – ranging from sorting the boxes to delivering them in person. The reactions of the people on the receiving end were varied.
"A lot of people wanted to send us 'thank you' cards and some people started to cry," Braudis said. "It was profoundly humbling to participate in something like this. I am very proud of my staff. They all have such caring hearts. I could not be more pleased or could not have asked for a better staff. They did an outstanding job."