Milk Would Have Been A Good Choice

Back to blogging... it's been a busy start to the year! The first weekend in January, we woke up early on a Saturday morning to participate in a community service event with my new company. We gathered at the Greater Chicago Food Depository, an organization which takes food and monetary donations and then dispenses food to Chicago area food banks. They tend to get large donations which have to be sorted and/or broken down into smaller portions. Our group was assigned to cereal (just narrowly missed having to sort good from rotten potatoes).

For A, it was just like getting ready for surgery - mask, hairnet, and gloves included!

The GCFD is very organized. We had assembly lines with assigned roles. 

Here's how it went:

1. Shovel cereal from 400-pound bag into plastic bins.

2. Scoop cereal from plastic bins into 1-pound portions.

3. Weigh bags to ensure accuracy. Adjust as needed.

4. Tie bags.

5. Label bags.

6. Pack bags into boxes. (I was really impressed to see a list of ingredients on the label. Gotta be aware of food allergies!)

We were assigned to the weighing/tying station. It was really fun. So much fun, the whole room opted to keep working through the break.

 

At the end of the morning, we had packed over 2,000 1-pound bags of cereal! (It was some sort of cereal with chocolate inside the squares.) We had a great group come out!