by Tori Keafer | Dec 5, 2022 | General, Stories
At OneGenAway, we serve in the rain. We don’t just mean the times when water is falling from the sky, but also those times when life seems cloudy, and you’re out rain-soaked in a parking lot just wondering when you’ll see the sun again. We met a woman we’ll call...
by Tori Keafer | Nov 27, 2022 | General, Stories
A woman we’ll call Pamela fancies herself superwoman, but she knows even superwoman needs support from time to time. She is retired from the military and has spent the last several years taking care of her adult daughter, who suffered from a stroke that impaired her...
by Tori Keafer | Oct 5, 2022 | General, Stories
Mr. Richard was one of the first Dashers to pick up and deliver bags of food for The Doorstep Pantry, but that wasn’t the beginning of his relationship with OneGenAway. Mr. Richard has been volunteering with OneGenAway since 2018 when a friend called him up and asked...
by Tori Keafer | Oct 3, 2022 | General, Stories
The first food bag deliveries from The Doorstep Pantry went out in an unexpected rainstorm. It was not the way we’d hoped to start beta-testing this new program, and after all the bags had gone out and the clouds burst with a solid 20 minutes of heavy rain, we worried...
by Tori Keafer | Sep 22, 2022 | General, Stories
Communications Manager Tori Keafer is the Communications Manager for OneGenAway. Photo by Kris Rae Orlowski If you’ve driven through our Mobile Pantry, chances are you’ve met Tori. Well, probably only if you’ve been near the front of the line, as she gets caught up in...
by Tori Keafer | Sep 16, 2022 | General, Stories
When you come to our Mobile Pantry regularly, you notice when a person keeps showing up. In Waverly, Steve is one of those people. Every time you look over at Steve, he’s hard at work and cutting up with people as he sorts food or loads carts. He’s always smiling and...