Karen Doy is Food Pantry Volunteer of the Month

By Claudia Loucks
Geneseo Current

Karen Doy has been named “Volunteer of the Month” at the Geneseo-Atkinson Food Pantry. She has been a volunteer at the food pantry for two years, helping guests shop in the food room, and sometimes helping in the clothing room.

She and her husband, Steve, have two sons, Nathaniel and Andy, and a Beta fish. Doy enjoys ice dancing, water aerobics, gardening and scrapbooking.

She said the best thing about volunteering at the food pantry is meeting and interacting with guests, “who are so appreciative of what they receive.”

Her most memorable experience at the Food Pantry was when she was helping a new guest who was amazed to find she had the opportunity to select her own items. Doy talked with the guest the entire time she was shopping, and when she was ready to leave, she gave Karen a big hug and thanked her for the friendship and for making her day.