By: Olivia Hicks
Pickup sign with a number to call once you arrive so your groceries will be brought out to your car. This way ensures that it is a contactless delivery and customers don’t need to leave their vehical.
James Singleton unloading the boxes of food.The food gets stacked up on the dolly and it can hold around 15 boxes.
Stephen Mayes handing James Singleton a box of food to load onto the dolly. There is frozen meat in the boxes and that gets unloaded first.
The volunteers wait for meat to finish unpacking so they can start the vegetables next. The order of unpacking goes, meat, vegetables, then non-perishables.
James Singleton pushing the dolly of meat inside. The food bank gets a variety of meats from chicken and beef to foreign food such as octopus.
KJ Green loading the dolly while Charlie Graham prepares to hand him the next box. Despite the boxes having bananas on them there were none in the boxes.
Kj Green pushing the dolly inside. The cart goes to a separate room from the frozen items.
The food bank logo and its entry way. It is located at what used to be an elementary school.
SIgn hanging inside the building to notify customers. This was placed here during covid but now customers do not enter the facility at all.
Chris Stepheno and James Singleton assembly line styles to pass the meat. The avenge box of meat has about 10 packs of chicken.
James Singleton handing Jane Sack the meat. Older meats get moved to the top and the new meat gets placed on the side
Jane Sack placing the new chicken in the freezer. “Can you believe it, I mean Walmart would have thrown all this out if we weren’t here to take it."
The food separated by how many people there are in a family. The separation goes up to families of seven.
The food boxes broken down and placed in a cart. All empty boxes are sent to a local recycling center.
The room where vegetables and bread are sorted. Depending on the size of the family the amount of each food is different.
White board with the dry foods that are going in the boxes. Every delivery is different so you will never get the exact same food each time.
The volunteers awaiting instructions from Jane Sack on what to grab. The food is placed in a shopping cart for quick transportation.
Kj Green Loading a customer's trunk with their groceries. Customers are advised to stay in their car as a safety precaution.
Christ Stephano pushing a cart back inside after loading a car. The volunteers are there for about four hours.
Some of the desserts that go in the food boxes. The food bank makes sure to give desserts too as they know many of the families have children.
