Management members of the Vail Resorts retail team came to Bread & Broth’s Monday Meal on June 15 to represent Heavenly Mountain Resort as the Adopt A Day of Nourishment (AAD) sponsor for the late afternoon meal. Being in the business of customer service, when they arrived at St. Theresa Grace Hall at 3 p.m., the team members were ready to help the Bread & Broth volunteers set up the meal service, food giveaway bags and tables.
By 4 p.m., the dessert and drink table was ready, 125 bags of fresh fruit and vegetables were packed, and the meal prepared by the B&B volunteer cooks was ready to be served. Over the next one and a half hours, the Heavenly AAD team members Michael Berberich, area manager; Cyomara Cisneros, store assistant manager; Ryan Olm, regional director; and Amanda Phillips, store manager, served 146 dinner guests BBQ chicken legs, baked beans, coleslaw, and sautéed summer squash.
As attendance has increased in recent months, the B&B cooks have been preparing extra food to not only serve first servings but also to provide sufficient food for seconds. At the June 15 meal, 33 guests enjoyed the meal so much and still had stomach room left that they came back for seconds.
“What a wonderful way to serve my community,” Michael said. “Everyone was so very thankful for our help volunteering.” It’s a great feeling to see the dinner guests enjoy the meal and the camaraderie of their fellow dinner guests and serving volunteers. The meal, along with food provided for later in the week, means a great deal to the dinner guests and they are very grateful and appreciative as the cost of living continues to rise.
“Bread & Broth is one incredible example of our community coming together to do good,” Ryan said. Adding that “It was an honor to help serve food to folks in South Lake Tahoe.”
Thanks to Vail’s EpicPromise grant, which provides the $350 donation fee to sponsor each of their twelve annual Monday Meals, the Heavenly and Kirkwood team members can participate in providing food to those in the community who need a helping hand.
To learn more about Bread & Broth, donate, or sponsor an Adopt A Day of Nourishment, visit www.breadandbroth.org, or follow Bread & Broth on Instagram or Facebook.
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