Through a volunteer at Stone Soup Cafe we were made aware that volunteers were needed at the local food bank. Because PleasantDale has a food distribution program partnered with Community Harvest Food Bank in Ft. Wayne, going to sign up to volunteer seems so logical. We found a amazingly Godly staff and volunteers so we signed up for three weekdays , along with Saturday as well. It wasn't long before we had a group of new friends that were completely separate from any of the people we've been involved with over the past 16 years. This has completely opened up so much more social activities for us in Fairbanks. We're now part of the Fairbanks Food Bank family and we couldn't be happier.
As a volunteer at the food bank, at the end of each weekday shift a chef has a meal prepared for us to enjoy. Since we only eat one full meal a day, this saves us three days of purchasing meals each week for quite the savings. Also, as a volunteer you are given ten pounds of either produce or baked goods to take with you. It's a Alaska state program. What Penny and I do is take our baked goods in loaves of bread, return to Stone Soup Cafe to donate for the next days meal. We receive 9 loaves apiece so three time a week we donate 18 loaves, 54 each week for an amazing savings to the soup kitchen.
Volunteering on Saturday's is at the other end of the building, the Federal program offers no meal, or free baked goods or produce, but we love the volunteering.
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