Richard A. Zuber Realty wrapped up its month-long annual food drive for veterans by delivering 13 percent more than last year in non-perishable food and toiletry items to Veterans Making a Difference.
Items were collected at Zuber Realty’s Boyertown and Royersford offices throughout the month of June with collection days held during Berks-Mont Business Association’s Philadelphia Avenue Street Fair and Redner’s Market in Boyertown on June 15. Donations of cash, checks, or gift cards were also accepted and encouraged.
Agent Vanessa Deskie coordinates the project each year to honor her own family’s military service.
“Generations of my family have served our country,” Deskie said in the release. “My family’s service includes my grandfather’s and father-in-law’s service in WWII, my dad’s tenure in the Army between wars, my uncle’s tour in Vietnam, my cousins’ service in Iraq, and many more past relatives dating back to the Civil War.”
The agency recently loaded the Zuber bus and delivered the donations to the non-profit veterans organization Veterans Making a Difference at its headquarters at Veteran Social Center, 645 N. 6th Street, Reading.
“I want to thank everyone who contributed — those who helped man our food drive or those who contributed or both,” Deskie said. “Everyone did a fantastic job. The drive was a success; any time you have others give so freely of their time and money, it is a success.”
Source: Berkshire mont