Oregon Food Bank

Last weekend, Julie and I had the chance to take our Brownie troop to the Oregon Food Bank to volunteer.  It turned out to be a great experience!  The girls choose the event as their community service project.  During the month of December, they each collected canned foods, and when we arrived on Saturday, we ended up donating an overflowing cart full of foods.  Not bad for six spunky second graders!

Once we got inside, we started our shift by labeling bags with contents and directions.  It appeared as though we would be bagging oats...

And...we were!  Two scoops per bag = 2 pounds.  Get the air out, attach a twist tie, and box 14 bags per box.  Seal up, and stack onto pallets.  Repeat.

Mid-shift, we got to take a tour of the facility, and hear more about how the OFB helps those in need.

By the end of our shift, they crunched the numbers, and found that we bagged 5,017 pounds of oats, which will provide 3859 meals, at an average of 139 meals per volunteer packaged that morning.  Not too shabby!  Well done girls!