Personal Narrative: My Internship At Gallatin Valley Food Bank

The last week of my internship at the Gallatin Valley Food Bank was spent working on tasks that are completed on a day to day basis by volunteers and the type of work that made up the majority of my internship hours. During the morning on Monday I first watered the garden and then helped to restock the store shelves from the back stock and morning donations. In the Afternoon on Tuesday I helped to box up groceries for customers as they checked out and once again watered the garden. I am confident that I could drop in at any time of day and be able to help out in most situations. The will allow future volunteer work of really any type at the food bank to be feasible.

The Gallatin Valley Food Bank is open to customers five days a week from 1pm until 4pm. During this three hour time period, on average 60 customers pass through the food bank. The shopping area can only comfortably hold about ten customers at …show more content…
Along with this the research I completed for the food encyclopedia has greatly expanded my knowledge of food preparation and preservation methods. As a result of this project, in the future, I intend to make more food items from scratch and buy less pre-made food items. My time at the food bank has made me realize the importance of putting money aside for a rainy day. Food is a necessity, but it is more than feasible for me to eat a healthy diet, while only spending a small portion of my paycheck on it. I have decided to do so by buying ingredients in bulk to make food items such as bread, cheese, vinegar, pickles, and butter from scratch to then prepare homemade meals at a much cheaper cost than purchasing a plastic wrapped pre-made meal. According to my calculations, I will be able to save a substantial amount of money if I can successfully make most of my meals entirely from