Thursday, April 1, 2010

Barnes Foundation Helps Local Families Have a Happy - and Tasty - Easter


On March 30, the Barnes Foundation helped ensure that hundreds of local families will have a happy – and delicious – Easter.

The foundation paired with MorningStar Mission of Joliet, a non-denominational organization that serves the less fortunate members of the community. MorningStar was preparing to distribute Easter baskets to needy local families, and the Barnes Foundation offered to purchase the centerpiece of the baskets – the hams. The foundation donated 300 hams, totaling nearly 5,000 pounds. The donation was generous enough to feed MorningStar patrons for another week beyond Easter.

Four members of the Barnes family – Janet, Matt and Chris Barnes and Amy Gollan – were on hand to help assemble and distribute the Easter baskets.

“We were very impressed by the organization and their focus on rehabilitating lives rather than just helping people in the moment,” said Barnes Foundation President Amy Gollan.

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