On September 10th, several of our RCA members got together to donate nonperishable food items such as pasta, tuna, and other nutritious canned goods to the Western Eagle Foundation, which is a local food bank in the area. With the rise in inflation, many families have gone food insecure. By running a food drive and […]
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Edmond Branch Volunteers at Food Bank on 8/3/23
On this past Thursday, the Edmond branch volunteered at Project 66, a local food bank. There, visitors can take a set amount of food and toiletries per month, depending on their family size. This time, the Edmond branch was volunteering as shoppers, who guide the visitors around while helping them choose items, bag those […]
Edmond Branch Volunteers at Food Bank on 7-30
On 7/27, Eric volunteered at the Project 66 Food Bank in Edmond, OK. The food bank runs on the contributions of volunteers, who come in during week days to organize food donations and guide visitors through the ‘shopping’ process, where they get to choose which items they want. Eric was doing the latter from […]
Edmond Branch Volunteers at Food Bank on 7/15
Eric volunteered at the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma on 7/15, where he worked on the backpack project. During his shift, the group helped pack 294 boxes and 1,764 bags, which would serve as a total of 4,484 meals for kids and seniors in need. Eric Hong (2.5 Hours)
Edmond Aylus Branch Volunteers at Food Bank on 7/6
Eric Hong helped out at the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma on 7/6, which seeks to provide several different target groups with food. They run several programs, such as the Food for Kids Backpack Program and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program for seniors. Volunteers can help assemble food packages, sort through food donations or clean […]
Edmond Aylus Branch Volunteers at Food Bank on 7/7
Edmond Aylus members visited the Project 66 Food Bank this past Friday. Project 66 seeks to provide food, toiletries and other necessities to those in need and relies on volunteer contributions to run. Our members worked as shoppers, helping the visitors find their desired items, carry and bag those items and load them onto their […]
AYLUS Houston kicks off the year with a Food Bank Trip!
This past Saturday, over twenty AYLUS Houston branch members took a trip to our local Houston Food Bank to package and organize care boxes for senior citizens in the Houston area. Boxes were carefully constructed and members were able to pack each box with the necessities needed to ensure that our most senior members of […]
Riverside County AYLUS Members Donate to the Local Food Bank on April 8th, 2023
The Western Eagle Foundation, a local food bank has been feeding the hungry and the needy since the early nineties. It is one of the local establishments that has helped many during Covid and during the rise in inflation with food insecurity. Riverside County AYLUS wants to remain a partner in supporting the work of […]
Edmond Aylus Helps at Food Bank Project 66 (11/21)
On November 11th, Edmond Aylus visited the Food Bank Project 66, a program dedicated to distributing food to those in needed. They worked as shoppers and guided visitors through the food bank, bagging and carrying the items they wanted. There was a Thanksgiving event where extra items like turkeys, stuffing, and corn were handed out, […]
Riverside County AYLUS Members Donate to the Local Food Bank for Thanksgiving on November 24th, 2021 (2nd)
Over Thanksgiving break, several members of the Riverside County AYLUS branch reunited to donate food to the people who are struggling during this pandemic. The branch has chosen the Western Eagle Foundation, a local food bank in Southern California, as its recipient. The Foundation has been feeding the hungry and those that are in need […]
Riverside County AYLUS Hosts Its First Food Drive for the Western Eagle Foundation on September 17th, 2021
On September 17th, several RCA members got together to donate food boxes and perishable items collected and bought during the RCA food drive. Part of the donations was funded through a recent recycling event that RCA had hosted. The various different boxes were labeled and donated to the local Western Eagle Foundation, one of the […]