November 2017 Fish Fillets 1 Lb
3222 Hubbard Road, Landover, MD 20785 www.sharedc.org 301-864-3115 Jim Belson SHARE Washington’s Founding Father By Bill Black, Member, some research into the program with an SHARE Advisory Council eye toward establishing one in the Wash- ington, DC area. SHARE began in 1990 as a joint proj- Jim visited the SHARE operation in ect of the Order of Malta and Catholic Milwaukee and was impressed. It was dis- Charities of the Archdiocese of Washing- tributing ten thousand food packages out ton, DC. Over the years, there have been of a Schlitz beer warehouse. He subse- changes in various elements of SHARE, quently formed a small task force, includ- including staff, customers, host sites and ing other Knights of Malta, Jim Trainor even a new warehouse. One thing that and Charlie Wolf, and the team visited has not changed from the beginning is the SHARE programs in Philadelphia, PA and key involvement of Jim Belson, one of the Newark, NJ. founding fathers of SHARE in Washing- At the conclusion of their research, ton, DC. they realized that a fully functioning In 1988, the Honorable James A. Bel- SHARE program was more than the Order son was a judge on the District of Colum- of Malta, with its one staff person, could bia Court of Appeals. He was also on the handle. At the same time, the committee Board of Directors of the Federal Associa- recognized the huge value that SHARE tion of the Order of Malta. A fellow board could bring to the Washington area. Jim member, Dan Meehan from Milwaukee, enlisted the help of Sergio Micheli, a was leading a very successful SHARE DC restauranteur who knew the head of program in his home town.
[Show full text]