Reported by Brian Zhu
On August 1, 2018, a student from the San Diego Branch of AYLUS organized and participated in a volunteering event at the Jacob and Cushman San Diego Food Bank to help package food to be distributed to the needy. The Jacob and Cushman San Diego Food Bank and the North County Food Bank chapter comprise the largest hunger-relief organization in San Diego County. Last year, the Food Bank distributed 26 million pounds of food, and the Food Bank serves, on average, 370,000 people per month in San Diego County. According to the Food Bank, about 80% of the work done in their warehouses comes from volunteer service. Without them, the Food Bank could not hope to accomplish what it has done these past few years.
The student spent 3 hours working diligently on the following tasks: Checking pears and squashes for any rotten ones and disposing as necessary and bagging the pears and squashes for distribution Although bagging these foods and checking them sounds like a simple task, the group of 21 volunteers were able to bag a total of 8,000 pound of squash. Over the span of three hours fatigue took its toll on the student, but he still remained steadfast in his task and completed this surprisingly arduous task. We are very proud of what the student accomplished and are excited to do more work in the future.
The AYLUS San Diego Committee organized the event at the San Diego Food Bank on July 10.
The following volunteer participated: Richard Wu
