2 brothers providing 150 Thanksgiving meals to first responders in Orleans County

Provided photo: From left include Nate Sanders of Elite Meal Prep, Sheriff Chris Bourke, Logan Callara of Logan’s Landscaping and Undersheriff Donald Draper Jr.

Press Release, Orleans County government

ALBION – Two brothers who own local businesses in Medina are stepping up to provide Thanksgiving meals for first responders who are required to work on the holiday.  Nate Sanders, owner of Elite Meal Prep and his brother Logan Callara, owner of Logan Landscaping, wanted to do something during these holidays to say thank you to first responders serving our community.

“While families across Orleans County will be celebrating Thanksgiving with family and friends, there are many first responders who will miss the holiday because they are on duty,” Sanders said.  “So my brother and I thought a great way to show our appreciation was to provide them with a full Thanksgiving dinner.”

Meals will be provided to the Orleans County Sheriff’s Office, Orleans County Sheriff’s Jail, Orleans County Sheriff’s Dispatch, New York State Police, Medina Police & Fire Department, Albion Police Department, Holley Police Department, and Monroe Ambulance for their personnel working those days. It’s expected roughly 150 meals will be provided.

“It’s not easy for first responders to miss holidays and family events, but we all know that is the nature of the job,” said Orleans County Sheriff Chris Bourke. “This wonderful gesture by Logan and Nate will be very much appreciated by our first responders who are on duty this Thanksgiving.”

The brothers said they also intend to provide meals for first responders working Christmas Eve and Day.

About the businesses

Logan’s Landscaping was started by Logan when he was 13 years old. He started mowing the neighbor’s lawn using a 3-wheeled bicycle with a homemade trailer attached to haul his lawnmower. Then he rented a storage unit at Lakewood Village to store his equipment and started mowing several more lawns at Lakewood Village. After obtaining his driver’s license Logan got an LLC for his business and started doing commercial work as well. His business has grown to approximately 500 regular customers and he is maintaining over 100 properties weekly. His business consists of several trucks, trailers, machinery and smaller equipment.

Elite Meal Prep (EMP) just celebrated its first anniversary. EMP was an idea of Nick Joy and Nate Sanders who wanted to offer healthy, affordable and high-quality meal options to patrons of Nick Joy’s gyms and other local businesses. Nick has since moved on to become a first responder and Nate is running the business on his own. Nate is currently providing anywhere from 200-500 meals a week to his customers, many of whom are first responders.