A little bit from the local paper from Sunday 3/26 told of the success of a local non-profit in meeting its (director's secret) goal (no link was available, so I present the entire thing):
During a 24 hour pack-a-thon spanning 5 pm Friday to 5 pm Satruday, the local non-profit Kids Against Hunger pacakged about 500,000 dry meals for the poor and impoverished around the world - far surpassing their original goal of 300,000.
Director Tim Stromer was thrilled with the results and the voluteers' efforts.
"I had a secret ggoal of 500,000, but I didn't really think we could do it. "It's really amazing."
That's quite an accomplishment. But this is news because this sort of thing doesn't happen everyday and the volunteers put forth a lot of effort (plus there's the heartstrings thing). But there are local for-profit food-providers in the area that do this everyday. But because these businesses are taken for granted and because they are sometimes looked down-upon for having a profit motive, we don't see stories such as these:
- Local HyVee Serves Thousands of Diverse Customers
- Local Restaurant Cooks up Meals and Brings Big Bucks
- Local Convenience Store Serves Those in a Rush
- New Grocer Takes Risk and Enters Market