By Allison Kuhn
At the end of last year, the Engage PR team’s Q4 community service project took us back to the Alameda County Food Bank, located in Oakland. EPR helped out at the food bank in Q2 2007 and had such a good time the first go-around that we decided to try it again.
I must be honest here – our first trip to the food bank was interesting. We broke the team up into two shifts, and after the shifts were done, the entire agency fought for the title of ‘worst food sorted.’ It was a close call between crates of fresh cabbage and boxes of frozen egg rolls. You decide. I was on the cabbage team, and let me tell you it took me quite some time before I felt comfortable eating cabbage again. It’s just hard after sorting tons cabbage for hours on end.
Nonetheless, the experience of helping out at the food bank is always fun. Our most recent trip was different from the first. We had to sort through barrels and barrels of donated, non-perishable food, which we packaged into boxes that were later distributed to families for the holidays. This was such a blast! We had such a good time – everyone should give it a shot.
The Alameda County Food Bank is a wonderful organization, and it is always looking for volunteers. If you live in the area, please feel free to visit the following Web site and learn more about volunteer opportunities: http://www.accfb.org/volunteer.html
I know that I’ll be returning to the Alameda County Food Bank soon and sortin’ it out! Again.
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