Winona Volunteer Services (WVS) Client Services Coordinator Kay Peterson understands the importance of getting meals to those in need because of her experiences with her father, she said. “I guess with my own father not necessarily being able to make meals all the time, I can just relate so much to how valuable it is to have someone drop off a cooked meal,” Peterson noted. “And if I wasn’t there helping my dad, then I would want a volunteer to be dropping off meals.”
Throughout the pandemic, a small army of workers and volunteers have worked, day in and day out, to get warm meals to Winonans in need. These workers and volunteers have dedicated their time to putting together and distributing meals at WVS, Winona Area Public Schools (WAPS) and the Winona Catholic Worker.