Super Greenland Market donates 1,000 pieces of fruit to effort

DEARBORN — Eighteen Rotarians, including their guests, gathered in the kitchen of Christ Episcopal Church in Dearborn on a recent Saturday morning to assemble nearly 1,500 lunches to be distributed by the Salvation Army.  The lunches are part of a “Bed and Bread” program that is conducted daily to reach hundreds of hungry people throughout the Detroit Metro area.

Bob Ziolkowski, second vice president of the Dearborn Rotary Club, helped organize the local event with Rotarian Deanne Baker.  It is one of several service projects that the Club conducts throughout the year.

The Dearborn Rotary Foundation helped provide funds to purchase the lunch items.  However, the Club also acknowledged the generous donation of 1,000 pieces of fresh fruit from Jamal Koussan, owner of the Super Greenland Market, located at the corner of West Warren Avenue and Miller Road in Dearborn.

“To receive 1,000 pieces of fresh apples, oranges and bananas makes such a meaningful difference to the Salvation Army’s effort to feed the hungry,” said Ziolkowski.  “Mr. Koussan has already offered to help us again when our club repeats the effort in March and June.”  The Dearborn Rotary Club has a goal of making a total of 5,000 sandwiches during the three events.

Ziolkowski described some friendly competition among Rotarians during the three hours it took to assemble the lunches.  He said, “One group assembled meat and cheese sandwiches, while the other bagged fruit and cookies.  We all had fun and probably used different muscles than we’re used to.”

Rotary is the world’s first service organization, which was founded by Paul P. Harris in 1905 in Chicago, Illinois. The name Rotary is derived from the early practice of rotating meetings among members’ offices.  Today, Rotary has evolved into an international service organization of 1.2 million business and professional leaders in 31,000 clubs, located in 166 countries, worldwide.  The Dearborn Rotary Club is one of 50 clubs in Rotary District 6400 which includes Wayne, Monroe and Lenawee counties in Michigan and Essex County in Ontario.

Dearborn Rotary meets weekly at Park Place in Dearborn. For additional information about the Dearborn Rotary, visit www.dearbornrotary.org  or call 313.278.7233