Volunteers make Mission Agape work

Derek Eastman, 19, of McKeesport carries groceries to cars at Mission Agape’s Union Avenue location in McKeesport.

By Peg Luketic

McKeesport Community Newsroom

Derek Eastman, a 19-year-old McKeesport High School graduate, loves volunteering for the food bank at Mission Agape, something he’s done for three hours every Friday afternoon for the past several months. Derek “likes helping people and enjoys carrying donated food to the cars” at Mission Agape, a nonprofit organization in White Oak founded by residents Kelly and Mike Doyle to lend a helping hand to the community.

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