Mobile Foodshare is on the road, even in the cold weather

Foodshare Administrative Assistant spent part of her day today riding along with one of the Foodshare truck drivers to three Mobile Foodshare sites.  We require every employee to do this at least once a year - sometimes it's the only time employees actually see the recipients of their hard work!  But what a day it was to be working outside distributing food with temperature in the single digits!

Jill sent me this message about her experience:

 

"The forecast for today was for clear and cold, and, boy, were they right! We went to the Wethersfield site first; it was 9 degrees when we arrived. Shortly after we pulled up, a line began to form. Lest you think that people cease being hungry just because it’s cold outside, that was not the case in Wethersfield. Nor, for that matter, at any of the sites we went to today. Seventy-four people came through the Wethersfield site, which normally numbers around 100. With offerings of cabbage, potatoes, bread, cottage cheese, apples and greens,  people quickly moved through the line, thanked the volunteers  and hurried to get out of the cold.

 

"At Glastonbury, our second stop, again it was a measly 10 degrees, but a long line of 92 people moved around the truck, as volunteers helped to set up, take down, direct traffic and of course load food into the opened grocery bags of some very grateful people. Many 'Happy New Year’s' were shared along the way.

"Our last stop in Newington was the warm spot of the day…..16 whole degrees! Again, a line formed as we arrived and 49 people left with overflowing bags of groceries.

"Foodshare has committed to providing the Mobile Foodshare trucks to so many communities, in fair and not-so-fair weather; to see the impact on the community is a stark reminder of what hunger really looks like."



Driver Paul Moreau and Adminstrative Assistant Jill Nulsen are dressed to head out on the Mobile Foodshare truck.  Since Jill used to live on a farm, she had the warm coveralls to be ready to work outside on this cold day.