Rachel Norum
6/16/2016 at 9:00am
Second Harvest Food Bank
Sam
(650)-610-0800
On my sixth trip to the food bank, I was working with a volunteer group from Survey Monkey as well as a few other regular volunteers. They recently got a new shipment of food in from the company, Nabisco, so for this session we were packing up boxes, weighing them, and labeling them to get sent off to be distributed to families. This last trip was one of my favorites. Even during my first few trips to the food bank I didn’t think I would get emotionally attached at all but I ended up learning a lot about myself through this organization. Even though I never got to meet the families I was helping, it didn’t stop me from forming a connecting with them. My PACT project showed me just how privileged I truly am and taught me to not take the meals my family puts on the table for granted. I ended up admiring the volunteers who had difficulty supporting themselves but still took time out of their days to help others. Being this selfless is the ideal for me. In the future, even if I can’t even take care of myself, I want to help take care of others. I feel like I truly impacted other people’s lives and that is one of the best feelings in the world. I will continue to volunteer at the Food Bank because it was such a great experience for me and will encourage my friends and family to come along in the future.
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