Oregon Food Bank

The whole class sat down and faced Jeff, the person who was instructing us. He asked what we knew about the Oregon food bank, then we got washed up, put on hairnets, put on gloves, and got to work! We lined up at a few tables and filled up bags with oats and boxed and taped it all up. Frank and the parent helpers stacked the boxes on wooden crates. Olga and Daniel put together new boxes.

The boxes piled higher and higher. It felt good to know that we were doing some good by helping feeding people who don't get enough food. The class looked happy; we were walking fast across the room to get drinks of water. Our hands moved fast as we worked hard. The room was filled with laughter and the high pitched sound of tape being ripped.

Jeff turned out the lights to get our attention. We had a tour around the building, we went to the freezer where everyone was screaming at how cold it was, and then we went to the fridge where everyone was yelling about the stink of the bananas and other rotten fruit.

We went out to the garden and looked at the chickens and then ate lunch and went back to school…

posted by Maddy