Montgomery County Food Bank
On Monday, February 18, 2019, all three Boys Soccer teams volunteered at the Montgomery County Food Bank to help the larger community. The team did work in 3 different areas:
• Dry Sort Room: 6,000 pounds of food were sorted in the 3-hour shift. That’s the equivalent of 5,000 meals for those in need in Montgomery County.
• Produce Rescue: 96 boxes of fresh produce for clients visiting the partner pantries means that 96 families will get fresh produce who would not have had any, thanks to the team’s effort.
• Special Projects: This team offloaded a semi-trailer of fruit boxes and got them all cleaned and restacked, ready for use in the Produce Rescue Center. They finished is less than 45 minutes what usually takes over 2 hours. The boxes are used to pack 30-pound boxes of mixed produce that go to pantry partners. The boxes are donated as scrap and have to be stripped and stacked before they are usable by the Food Bank. Each box is worth $4 to $5 each to MCFB, if it had to pay for them. They essentially salvaged about $6,000 worth of boxes for Montgomery County Food Bank. Way to go, boys!
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