The Storehouse Community Center (TSCC), formerly known as The Storehouse of Collin County, is creating another initiative to support it’s food pantry — this time with area corporations.
Club 52, duly named after the 52 corporations that are invited to participate, asks corporations to sponsor one week of food pantry operations at The Storehouse.
“Club members have the opportunity to join with corporate peers in North Texas to ensure TSCC’s pantry is able to meet the needs of our neighbors each week of the year,” said Candace Winslow, CEO of TSCC. “The brainchild of Sarah Whitling, our director of stewardship and development, Club 52 is a win-win for The Storehouse, the corporations, and, ultimately, our neighbors.”
According to a news release, The Storehouse serves 149,000 unduplicated clients annually from Dallas, Collin and Denton counties. This adds up to 80-85 pounds of food per family with approximately 5,000 families each month, the release states.
So far, members of the “club” include Amwins Specialty Auto, Enterprise Car Sales, H-E-B, Lennox, Medical City Frisco & Plano, Plunk Smith, PLLC, Preston Forrest Capital, LLC, Quilling, Selander, Lownds, Winslett & Moser, PC, Sports Value Consulting and Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano.
“Amwins, a corporation that has previously volunteered with The Storehouse, is our first Club 52 member to complete their designated volunteer week, and they have done a tremendous job feeding our neighbors,” said Sarah Whitling. “As a member of Club 52, Amwins is not only financially supporting The Storehouse, but they are also donating sweat equity to help us fulfill our mission.”
During the week, Amwins filled 34 volunteer spots across five different sessions, which included bagging and preparations for the food distribution as well as working distribution and running carts, benefiting a total of 1,100 families, a news release said.
The cost for a company to become a member of Club 52 is $5,000, with benefits like presenting sponsorships on all materials and social media for the week as well as year-round recognition on other digital and printed assets.
“Each year, Amwins sets aside a week, known as Summer of Service, to allow our team to give back to our community,” said David Scruggs, president of Amwins Specialty Auto. “This year, we were proud to use this week to serve The Storehouse. Our team overwhelmingly enjoys serving here because of the unique opportunity to make a direct impact on our neighbors.”
The Storehouse is encouraging corporations that are interested to go to the Club 52 website.
CORRECTION: A modification to this article’s caption and SEO tags has been made to clarify that Amwins is not technically the first to join, but one of the first.
