{"id":29460,"date":"2018-04-11T20:51:03","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T20:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?p=29460"},"modified":"2020-09-08T17:25:23","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T17:25:23","slug":"pacacha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/pacacha\/","title":{"rendered":"UFCW Member Spotlight: Joe Pacacha"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"image\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/61\/files\/2018\/04\/Joe_pachata-621x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29465\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"lead wp-block-paragraph\">For over 40 years, Joseph Pacacha has been going in to work at Riverbed Foods in Pittsburgh, PA where he helps process&nbsp; quality store-branded soups, broths, gravies, and sauces for some of the nation&#8217;s top grocery chains. But when he&#8217;s not on the clock, Pacacha, like so many other unsung every day working men and women, spends his free time volunteering to make his community a better place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pacacha restores old bamboo fly fishing rods and donates them to Project Healing Waters, an organization that is dedicated to the physical and emotional rehabilitation of disabled active military service personnel and disabled veterans through fly fishing and associated activities including education and outings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s very rewarding. I&#8217;m just proud to be a part of it, really,&#8221; said Pacacha. &#8220;I may never see the people who get these rods, but just knowing that you&#8217;re helping out, it&#8217;s very worthwhile.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"heading\">\n<h4 class=\"subheadrule wp-block-heading\">How you can help<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>If you&#8217;ve got an old bamboo fly rod, serviceable as is or in need of repair, that you would like to donate to Project Healing Waters, you can send it to Joe Pacacha at PO Box 38, 536 Walnut Ave., Hunker PA 15639.&nbsp;For information on making monetary donations to Project Healing Waters, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.projecthealingwaters.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.projecthealingwaters.org&nbsp;<\/a>. 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