Volunteer Efforts Support the 363 Days Food Program and Dragonfly Project

A group of local professionals dedicated Thursday, October 10 to volunteer with Minneapolis Recreational Development Inc.’s 363 Days Food Program to support retired Minneapolis teacher Allan Law’s efforts to deliver meals to the hungry. The local professionals, a group of Plymouth-based Prudential employees, offered their time to make sandwiches as part of Global Volunteer Day, the corporation’s annual national volunteer effort.  

Prudential employees gathered together at their Plymouth office, many dedicating their lunch break, to take their spot in on a sandwich assembly line that made dozens of sandwiches which were picked and delivered to shelters throughout the Minneapolis metro area by Allan Law, the founder of the 363 Days Food Program.

Prudential’s efforts were part of the organization’s 19th Annual Global Volunteer Day. This nationwide day of community service was introduced by Prudential in October 1995 to celebrate and encourage employee volunteerism.  

In Plymouth, making sandwiches was just one Global Volunteer Day effort that Prudential Employees took part in. Volunteers also supported the Dragonfly Project by preparing bereavement cards and dragonfly key chains to be mailed to families suffering from the loss of a loved one.

Last year, more than 20,000 people participated in 750 Global Volunteer Day projects in the United States and 11 other countries where Prudential has a business presence.

In addition, Global Volunteer Day projects that meet certain criteria are eligible to receive $1,000 Challenge Grants for the nonprofit organizations they support. Since its inception in 1996, the Global Volunteer Day Challenge Grant Program has provided more than $2.7 million to community organizations.