The Maples Home for Seniors donates to Sprucedale Public school

Showing the boxes of donated food are, from left, Nicole Zandstra, Joan Hergott, Madison Elliott, Teagan Glaab, Max Hughes, Cohen Saville and Cameron Faulhafer. In front is Nora Maloney and Sloane Bender. Contributed photo

By Gary West

The Maples Home for Seniors in Tavistock means so much more to the community than offering a place for seniors to spend their later years.

The proof of their generosity could be found at Sprucedale Public School in Shakespeare recently when Maples Home executive director Joan Hergott and her caring staff delivered $500 worth of food for students who might not have the balance in their diet they need.

The donations consisted of granola bars, yogurt tubes, small boxes of cereal, cookies, cheese, applesauce, crackers and drinking boxes.

Hergott says the food items went toward the school’s nutritional food program, which is needed and appreciated by students and parents alike.

The food items were delivered by Hergott and all her staff to principal Lisa Cairncross and office manager Nicole Zandstra and all the students at Sprucedale.