So, as you may or may not know, your lovely e-board gave back to our wondrous community this past weekend. We volunteered at the Greater Boston Food Bank. There, we packaged and sorted food. Let's just say it was very interesting but so much fun. Pretend you were there with us by reading this lovely entry:
We're like the US Postal Service! We travel through rain, snow, and wind! The weather was not in our favor. Pretty sure I need a new umbrella.
For once, we were on time…in fact some of us were early! And well the bus decided not to come on time but instead be 10 minutes late.
McDonalds! Hash browns for everyone J They were so slow there, like snails in molasses. Mia says she can do so much better. Jaime got an ice coffee…let me remind you that it was snowing out.
Finding the food bank…like Finding Nemo but so much worse and yet so much more entertaining. The directions say to go to the sidedoor, ring the bell and somebody will come help you. Sounds SO simple…not so much though.
Tiff has done this before, she's the kind hearted one of the group…not so good with directions and her memory has seemed to slip a little though. She goes, “Oh! This is the building.” So we all walk up the stairs but there is no bell. So we knock and after a while Nikki says, “Guys, the doors padded. No wonder nobody's heard us.” Wonderful!
We realize there's another door a little farther down but you have to walk this ledge to get there. So Martin, Mia, Nikki, Kristin, and I go across. There's a bell! WOOOOOO J We ring the bell and there's no answer for a bit. So we ring it again. This little Asian man opens the door and we say, “We're here to volunteer at the food bank.” He stares at us for a little while and then shuts the door. Kay, thanks man. You're a big help.
We ring it again and he does it again. But this time the staring is a bit longer. More creepy in my opinion. So we decide to go back across the ledge to where everyone else is.
When the ledge widens, there are these pieces of wood stacked up. But they aren't steady, they're kind of like a seesaw but thicker. We decide to make it more difficult than it actually has to be and we evened out our weight and made sure that there was a person on each side of it so we didn't fall. It was like The Gauntlet…so intense. After we all crossed, we realized that we each went across it alone the first time. Yeah, your e-board is super special...super special.
While crossing the ledge, I decided okay, we're not that high, I can jump off. So I jumped, it was very graceful. After I jump, Kristin goes oh, that's smart. She jumps too. (Or as Jaime put it. Kristin saw me jump and said OH! I have to jump now too!) She lands nicely, both feet on the ground. And then 5 seconds later she topples over very slowly. She slipped, don't make fun of her- that's mean. (Ask Nikki to reenact it though, she does a fabulous job.)
We decide that this entrance isn't the right entrance and walk around another side of the building and find people and an actual entrance to the building. (PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS LIKE TWENTY MINUTES AFTER WE GOT THERE.) We walk in and everyone's staring at us like we have 3 heads each, it's unpleasant and we realize that the place we are in is called Food Pack- aka THE WRONG PLACE. This guy finally says, “You're here to volunteer at Food Bank? Okay, Food Bank and Food Pack are the same. Come!” And Jaime says, “Okay! Let's help!” And we laugh at him cause the guy was joking.
We leave and walk down the block some more when we see a HUGE sign that says, “GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK”
Seriously.
We go around the corner of the building and there's a bell! We ring the bell and somebody comes and lets us in J WON-DER-FUL.
Once we get settled with the rest of the volunteers we're explained all the different jobs that we can have and what we will be doing.
Most of us decide to be “2 nd Sorters” because we are told that they need to be “sociable.” Except for Franco & Ryan; they were pallatizers aka the macho men that lifted heavy boxes.
Your lovely e-board sorted out boxes and boxes of food for 2 hours and it was so intense but so much fun. It was a wonderful high energy bonding experience. We each sorted and made 103 meals possible J
People like to throw things at you and then smile when you try and give them dirty looks. Honestly, not cool.
Sips is a beverage! Stuffing is a condiment! Too many olives! Chocolate chips are baking needs not snacks! Beans and tuna are protein!
Follow the white line, it'll take you everywhere you need to go!
After a long couple of hours, that flew by so quickly. We left our meals behind.
Needless to say, volunteering made us feel great. Giving back to the community is never a bad thing and it made us feel wonderful knowing that we were helping other people out. J So next time you see somebody that needs help, lend them a hand and you'll make somebody's day a little easier.
Love you! – KTOY!
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