Community Food Pantry Mission Statement

When I was in middle school I was part of a church group called Pathfinders; and being a part meant that every holiday the group would do volunteer work for the community. Around thanksgiving we would collect food, walking door to door, and later give it to a local food kitchen. And around Christmas time there would be a toy collection for families in need. Having this past experience under my belt, it motivated me to volunteer my time with other students from Kean at the local food pantry. Another reason why I chose this volunteer work was because the other options did stick out to me as so impactful as this one. The location we went is called Community Food Bank of New Jersey, this food bank distributes all their items to emergency food banks, soup kitchen, senior feeding programs, shelters, and after school programs around New Jersey. It was surprisingly closer than I thought which made me excited that I could possibly go back if it was well. The mission statement of the Community Food Bank taken from their website is, “ to …show more content…
For example if we got drinks that were other than water they would be put in the beverages bin. Some other categories would be cans, coffee, water,boxed food, and cans. My group was very excited to be there, as myself, and we worked very hard to do as much as we could in the two hours that we were working. Working with the community was a memorable new experience because it had people from so many backgrounds, rich or poor, all working together for a good cause. My group was able to finish all the large bins given to us, while working at an intense speed and laughing & smiling. I noticed how other groups across the building weren't that motivated and looked like it was the last place they wanted to be on a saturday morning. It made me thankful that a was with people who wanted to be there just as much as I