Everyone knows workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic are heroes, but kawarthaNOW also wants to give a quick shout-out to those unsung heroes: volunteers in communities across the Kawarthas who are humbly working to make life better for their fellow residents.
Two of these unsung heroes are Rolf Joss and Ken Pierce of Feed The Need Havelock.
Over the past few weeks, Rolf and Ken have been cooking more than 65 free meals every weekend for people in need. With the help of other volunteers, they identify those who need the meals and deliver them to homes in Havelock, Norwood, and Campbellford.
VIDEO: Ken Pierce and Rolf Joss of Feed The Need Havelock
Hello everyone. Thanks for your support making it possible for Feed the Need Havelock to continue our free meal service. I would like to thank Ken Pierce, Orllyn Loney, Yvonne Prouty, Don Radnor, Ruth Anne Radnor and all the volunteers plus the Havelock Lions Club – Ontario and Norwood Pentecostal Church for use of their Havelock Centre facilities that make this possible. I would especially like to thank everyone for their generous donations that make it possible to continue this every week. Should you wish to make a donation, e transfers may be sent to feedtheneedhavelock@gmail.com thanks in advance for your consideration. Stay safe take care and know that you are not alone. God bless.
Posted by Rolf Joss on Sunday, April 19, 2020
Rolf and Ken aren’t looking for recognition for their efforts. kawarthaNOW only found out about what the two men are doing when we received an email from volunteer Yvonne Prouty, one of several people helping with the effort. Others include Orllyn Loney, Don Radnor, Ruth Anne Radnor, and more, as well as those who are donating funds and more to the cause.
The Havelock Lions Club and Norwood Pentecostal Church have also made their facilities available to Rolf and Ken for meal preparation.
“Feeding the need is not all about food,”, Ken says in a Facebook video, while the two men were preparing mac and cheese at Havelock Lions Club on Good Friday.
“There’s all kinds of needs out there — everyone has a need,” he says. “Pick up the phone, call a friend, call family, do whatever you can do. Everybody can do something … whether you’re cooking, whether you’re delivering, whether you’re taking medicine, there’s lots of need out there.”
“Just do something nice for somebody that you wouldn’t normally do it for,” Rolf adds — a perfect message for National Volunteer Week.
If you want to donate or volunteer for Feed The Need Havelock, or if you know someone in the Havelock area who needs a meal, email feedtheneedhavelock@gmail.com.
