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2 Comments » | August 21st, 2005
I just volunteered with One Brick at the San Francisco Food Bank. It was the most fun I’ve ever had in a cold warehouse. Twenty-eight volunteers were there, all throwing aside their separate backgrounds to don hairnets and measure deli meat. Big chunks of peppered salami and olive loaf spread across saran-wrapped tables, and we scooped the meat in unison. When it came time to sort nectarines and pears, we were a single human machine, powered by our common goal of emptying the bins. Filling boxes turned into a race. Dodging the rotten fruit that whizzed toward the dumpster turned into a game. I turned into a quality control expert. All in two and a half hours. We sorted and packed over 15,000 lbs of food in that time. How’s that for teamwork?
Posted in Volunteering | No Comments » | August 20th, 2005