Second Harvest Food Bank: Senior Box Packaging
September: 2 hours Fall Semester Cumulative: 2 hours September is Hunger Action Month, so I volunteered at Second Harvest Food Bank to help pack boxes for seniors. While I was there, I learned that Second Harvest supports more than 20 parishes in South Louisiana and offers several food programs. Their work focuses on fighting childhood and senior hunger, food insecurity, and disaster relief, which is especially important in Louisiana because of frequent floods and hurricanes. Before I visited, I thought the food bank only organized food drives and packed boxes, but I also saw the kitchen where they cook meals for the community. As an undergraduate pre-med student, I learned about food deserts, so I know how important programs like Second Harvest are for closing the nutrition gap. Along with other volunteers, I packed produce and canned goods into about 400 boxes, making sure each one had the right amount of food. The work was a little more tedious tha...