Michelle Hodges, Accounts Payable Administrator with Albert B. Ashforth Management Services division, is no stranger to volunteerism. Having always been heavily involved in both community and company-sponsored volunteer opportunities, Michelle once again stepped up to the plate.
Over the summer, during one of the most tragic pandemics, Michelle, along with several of her friends in the Stamford community and Ashforth colleagues, organized a community food drive at Ashforth’s owned and managed property, 707 Summer Street, benefiting the Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County.
Michelle promoted the event through her social media network and Ashforth shared with tenants. During the two-hour “Families Feeding Families” food drive, donors would visit the property to drop off donations while remaining in their cars. Volunteers would collect the donations from the cars. The event raised 1,965 lbs. of food donations.
The Food Bank provides food to about 90 agencies and programs serving people in need. When food donations arrive at the warehouse store, they are inspected and sorted by staff and volunteers. Member agencies come to the warehouse store and “shop” for the needed items. Finally, they take the food back to the populations they serve and provide them with prepared meals, groceries, or both, depending on the type of program they run. Some of the agencies include: Neighbor to Neighbor, Person to Person, The Salvation Army, Open Door Shelter, New Covenant Center, and Pacific House
The Ashforth Company encourages and supports volunteerism and is proud of its dedicated employees, like Michelle, who volunteer their time and work hard to help build stronger communities.
