Calling all Lafayette Residents - Join the Lafayette 100

Our new Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa Executive Director, David Gerson, is a long time Lafayette resident, community volunteer and member of the Lafayette School District Governing Board.  After joining us as Executive Director he realized that his own community was under represented on the agency’s donor list.  At the same time David joined our staff, Jay Lifson joined the Board.  Jay is also active in Lafayette and is currently the executive director of the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce.  Together they decide to boldly approach their community and seek new donors.  Jay and David drafted an article highlighting LFCC mission, the increasing need for its services, their personal commitment to each donate a $1,000 to LFCC and seeking 98 more families to join them in funding LFCC’s mission of feeding the hungry in Contra County. The article was published on the front page of the September issue of “Lafayette Today”.

To date ten families have answered the call.  Of course donations of any size are welcome.  But these are difficult times for so many that David and Jay wanted to think big and ask big.  They continue to educate their neighbors in Lafayette every chance they get and hope the number of families and donations keep growing.  We will keep you posted on their progress.