One of our themes for the year has been to have projects that impact food insecurity. On that note, seven of our members and four spouses or friends worked at Second Harvest Food Bank on March 25. Second Harvest serves as a Food Bank that makes food available to Food Shelves around Minnesota. During our introduction to Second Harvest, the coordinator told us that One in Five Minnesotans face food insecurity on a daily basis!
At our event on March 25, we sorted potatoes from 2000 lb containers into 40 lb bags that food shelves use to distribute potatoes to their clients. We also packed apples and oats. There were other groups, as well as our Rotary Club. Although, not glamorous work, participants get the feeling that they are doing important work in the fight against hunger. After two hours, we had packed over 17,000 lbs of food and, in Second Harvest’s calculations, that equates to 16,203 meals! Definitely something to be proud of. Take a look at the pictures below to see some of the happy members and other helpers.
