A couple of Thursdays ago. R and I helped out at the Oregon Food Bank. It provides food for folks that need some food assistance. Our financial planner through Ameriprise, offers an annual time for his employees and customer to help out at this facility. We register with him, shoe up on our assigned date, don our Ameriprise t-shirts and plastic gloves and aprons and hair nets and go into the food processing room. Last year we bagged up frozen beans. This year it was frozen corn. You can see them in the large pallet-sized containers in the back of the warehouse. The smaller tubs at the end of the stainless tables are filled and then plastic bags are filled, sealed and boxed. The boxes are stacked on pallets and rolled back into the walk-in freezers. The group worked rapidly for about 2 hours and the chart shows how much food we processed. It made you feel good to see the numbers. I would recommend it work to everyone. It is important to give back when you can. If you click on the photo you can read the numbers 11,720 lbs of food processed. 9700 meals, 132 meals per volunteer. Definitely a Good Thing.
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