Food For Thought

Ron Karp, Executive Director (L), with Bruce Higton

The Golden Can Opener is the highest award we give at Food For Thought.

It is presented to someone who has made, in a volunteer capacity, an outstanding contribution to the organization in all areas of service.

It’s not presented annually. We only give it when we feel it’s warranted. Only nine of the awards have been presented in the 20 years of the organization.

And now there’s ten:

Bruce Higton is the newest addition to the exclusive Golden Can Opener society.

Bruce has been volunteering at Food For Thought for nearly 10 years. He volunteers in the daily operations of the food bank and volunteers at our events. He has served on the event committees for Dining Out For Life and our bi-annual antique auction. Bruce recently retired from the FFT board after six years, two of them as president. He is a generous donor and has used his business contacts to help us purchase wholesale food at low prices. He has been a Secret Santa to our clients. He is a tireless supporter of the food bank, and his outreach efforts have connected us with many business partners.

Our congratulations to Bruce. We couldn’t bestow the Golden Can Opener on a nicer guy!

You can see a list of Golden Can Opener winners and other outstanding volunteers here.

Food For Thought’s Project Africa exists as part of a larger effort by a group of partnering ANSA members. ANSA is the Association of Nutrition Service Agencies, an international group of organizations that feed people. Many of these groups were founded in response to the U.S. AIDS epidemic, now a pandemic.

Please take a moment to watch this video about the work we’re doing in Africa. (There’s music, so turn up your volume!)

For those of you who are already friends of Food For Thought: Watch carefully, you may see someone you know!

Donations to Food For Thought’s Project Africa may be made through the secure
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Indicate in the memo box that the donation is for Project Africa.