Monday, August 9, 2010

EMERGENCY Food Distribution

Right now that's what we've got going on here in Cascade once a month. This week I found out the "emergency" is that if the Boise Food Bank doesn't get rid of the food NOW, it will expire/spoil/ rot...or maybe it already started...
So we receive random stuff to sort through - apples, corn, zucchini - and then give away to people in need in our community. People's pet pigs and worms also benefit as the recipients of food gone bad. So everybody is happy, except for the youth group volunteers who are not big fans of touching (or seeing) rotting food...
Those who help with the food distribution also get some food...I'm not sure what everyone else did with their 4 zucchini, 10 ears of corn, and 20 apples, but if we don't eat faster, ours are going to cause an emergency in our fridge...

This is why we are in the process of starting a non-profit organization, the "Cascade Food Bank." Then the Boise Food Bank will send us more practical food, twice a month. Food people can use to make actual meals...although the pets worms may starve...

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