The Food Pantry

It's not uncommon in this area for towns to have food shelters or food pantries set up to provide food and other items for people who need help.  And my town is no different.  Ours is called the Food Pantry.

People are needed to help organize the boxes and crates of food that are donated, others are needed to bag the food up so it's ready for people to take when they come in, others are needed to be there to keep the books and record the names of those who come in for food.  And all that work is done by volunteers.

My parents are volunteers and go there a couple times a month.  And when available, I like to get my kids in there to help out.  Last Monday was another chance to help out.  So we headed to the Food Pantry to pack the brown paper bags with food.

There are a couple of shelves set aside for food that is just about to expire.  Items on those shelves are available for anyone to take, even the volunteers.  So I was excited to see a couple of cans on the shelf that I didn't have in my collection.

 

One is a can of Ice Mountain pomegranate lemonade.  I am not a fan of pomegranate, so I have a feeling someone else will be drinking this one.  The other is a V8 Hydrate can of watermelon coconut water.  Guess what, I don't like coconut water either.  Strike two.

But we worked about an hour packing bags, so I felt I earned the two cans I took.  After all, the food is there for people who need it and I certainly NEEDED these two cans for my collection.