2 brothers serving 150 meals to law enforcement on Christmas Eve, Christmas

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

Posted 23 December 2024 at 3:43 pm

Press Release, Orleans County government

ALBION – Following up on their successful efforts to provide Thanksgiving dinners to first responders, two brothers who own local businesses in Medina are now planning on doing the same on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Nate Sanders, owner of Elite Meal Prep and his brother Logan Callara, owner of Logan Landscaping, wanted to do something to let first responders who are on duty this Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, how much the community appreciates them.

The brothers will be providing roughly 150 meals 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.

“We cannot thank Nate and Logan enough for their efforts on behalf of our first responders both at Thanksgiving and now Christmas,” said Orleans County Legislator Skip Draper.  “First responders have spoken about how hard it is to even find a place to get on cup of coffee on Christmas Eve, so the fact that there will be a full meal ready and waiting for them is tremendous, all because of Nate and Logan.”

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.