The 2017 version of Project Big Love was held in late July 2017 for students and their families in south central Pennsylvania. The president of recycling industry software provider ScrapRight, based in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, helped create and now helps manage Project Big Love.
Shon Duty, the president of ScrapRight, and his wife, Tammy, helped start the Project Big Love charity event to help children and their families prepare for the upcoming school year by providing a variety of things they may need, ranging from backpacks and school supplies to shoes and groceries.
In late July 2017, more than 2,500 people gathered at the fairgrounds in Mont Alto, Pennsylvania, to accept groceries or a “back to school” care package that includes a backpack, clothing, school supplies, snacks and toys.
The organizers and sponsors of Project Big Love assemble a team of some 1,000 volunteers to help conduct the event. The 2017 event, which took place and garnered good participation despite rain weather, was the fifth Project Big Love event.
The volunteers helped assemble more than 12,500 bags of groceries and other care package items and served more than 2,500 hot meals at the event. Participants and sponsors included more than 60 businesses and nearly 100 churches.