LIVONIA, Mich. – What do 10,000 pounds of carrots look like? The marketing team at Zeal Credit Union got a first-hand look when the team spent an afternoon working as volunteers at Forgotten Harvest in Oak Park, Mich., where they repackaged large crates of fresh carrots into grocery bags.
Forgotten Harvest is a Detroit area non-profit that rescues surplus, prepared and perishable food that is distributed to emergency food providers to help feed the hungry.
“It was a fun team building project and made us feel good to do charitable work for such a worthy organization,” said Lisa Fawcett, vice president of marketing for Zeal Credit Union. “We got a kick out of the fact that they had us packaging carrots, and we were all dressed in our ‘Zeal orange’ logo wear for the occasion.”
Fawcett added that Forgotten Harvest receives a variety of perishable food like carrots, potatoes and other items and counts on volunteers to help repackage them for distribution.
Below, volunteering at Forgotten Harvest are Zeal Credit Union marketing team, from left to right, Kathy Hurt, Jennifer Shelton, Tiffany Sweet, Lisa Fawcett, Beverly Outland and Bryan Feldpausch.