Pleasant Valley Stuffs the Bus (Aired on March 18 and 19, 2017)

Representing her Pleasant Valley Rotary Club, RadioRotary Producer Kathy

Kruger is interviewed by Sarah O’Connell about the Rotary Club’s annual “Stuff

the Bus” food drive. A full-sized School Bus, on loan for the day and decorated

for the occasion, is parked at the Acme Supermarket in Pleasant Valley as the

members of the Rotary Club encourage shoppers to “Stuff the Bus” with food

donations for the local food pantry. The food pantry, located at the Methodist

Church in Pleasant Valley, is run by volunteers from all four churches in the

hamlet with help from the Boy and Girl Scouts, donations from the local senior

citizens group, and financial assistance from the Food Bank of the Hudson

Valley. Acme supermarket aids the operation by selling bags of healthy staples

for $10 a bag, a real bargain. The bus is soon filled with those bags as well as

with other food donations. Ms. Kruger says that it is the easiest community

project a Rotary club can do—and it is certainly one of the most needed in almost

every community.

Learn more:

Pleasant Valley Rotary Club

Pleasant Valley Ecumenical Food Pantry

Food Bank of the Hudson Valley