As part of the additional part of our promise, to be of
service in the community, we have been helping the One Can Trust food bank,
which helps feed people in the High Wycombe area. We have organised a food collection within the
district, had one of their volunteers into speak to us, and in March we went to
the food bank itself to help sort donations and pack parcels.
When food gets donated to One Can Trust, it needs to be
checked to see if it’s still in date, put into the “packing area” if expires in
the next year or so or is a particularly needed item (often things like tinned
potatoes, carrots, tinned ham and beef and hot pudding), or put into the “long
term” storage area where items that the foodbank has lots of (e.g. rice, after
a kind donation of a whole pallet of rice) are stored. This can be a quick task or a long one if
lots have donations have come in since the last sort was done.
Once the donations were sorted, it was time to start packing
parcels for people. The foodbank pack
parcels in advance, so that they have them ready to be delivered when a request
for help comes in. They have various
types of parcels that they pack, for single people, single parents with
children, families, etc. There are lists
to follow to know what to put in each bag, and all the food is in separated crates
so it’s easy to access.
It’s obviously quite hard work doing the sorting and the
packing, because as soon as you are carrying more than a couple of cans, things become quite heavy, but it was great
fun to help with, and nice to know that we were really being of service in our
community!
If you want to find out more about the great work that One
Can does, check out their website, http://onecantrust.org.uk/
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