By Larry Lannan
A group of local senior citizens will be enjoying a holiday dinner due to the work of volunteers at Saint Louis DeMontfort Catholic Church in Fishers. Jill Coutu is one of the volunteer workers in the “Senior Delivery” program.
The volunteers provide regular food deliveries to a group of local senior citizens in need. Jill says the special Christmas food baskets provide “everything they need to make a nice holiday meal.”
It’s a family affair at the Coutu household when it comes time for the monthly food delivery to the senior citizens. Her three children all are involved in the volunteer work.
The Saint Louis DeMontfort volunteers working in the Senior Delivery program range in age from 4 to 83, with Jill’s daughter Katie being the youngest. Jill says the “wonderful group” of volunteers at the church have the work down to a regular routine.
Jill and her family moved to Fishers 5 years ago and she has been involved with the Senior Delivery and food pantry programs at the church the past 18 months.
It’s Jill’s firm belief that if you try volunteering just once, even for just an hour or so, you will be hooked. What hooked her were the responses from the senior citizens she helps. “To see the smiles on those people’s faces, it makes any challenge you may have in life seem minimal.”