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At the Food Bank

January 22, 2010 at 3:58 PM Leave a comment

Just got back after spending the day at the food bank.

My primary duty there is to stock the shelves.  My other duty is to keep the ready reserves in the food bank stocked by bringing food up from the basement where the majority of it is stored.   I am called a “food bank assistant.”

The other volunteers are called “walkers,” which means they walk the clients through the bank and help them pick out food.  Food is distributed according to family size.  For example, a family of seven gets three cans of refried beans whereas a family of two gets one.

We were so busy today I really didn’t get all that much stocking done; I had to help with the walking.  We had a steady stream of people coming through.  No indication that the number of people who can’t afford food is letting up.

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