Mondays are especially busy days for YMOW volunteers like Nancy Culotta. Along with the usual meals, staff and volunteers distribute donations of produce, bread, and other items to everyone on their routes. 

It’s a lot more work, but Nancy sees every knock on a door, every bag of apples and every carton of eggs as an opportunity to create moments of connection with the people she’s come to know on her route. 

“I know who likes carrots and who likes salad. I know who likes what kind of bread,” Nancy said.