Paying For Help at Food Distributions | ABC30 Fresno

kfsn

By ABC30

Friday, October 2, 2009

Fresno, CA -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Become a Food Distribution Volunteer - Click here
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

On Thursday, 15 young men and women dressed in their beige and blue uniforms, were paid to distribute food in Huron. Mica Guillen who's been lending a helping hand on her free time for two years now said, "I think it's really unfortunate that that's the way it is that people don't want to help anymore or help each other without being paid or getting something for it."

Ramirez said an anonymous person heard about the lack of volunteers and donated $10,000 so the food bank could hire help as needed. For these young workers, it's more than just a paycheck. Tam Luong, a Corp supervisor said, "We bring them in to train them how to follow discipline and instruction."

Next week, the anonymous donation will pay the wages and room and board for a group of corps members from Stockton who will hand out food to people like Jesse Macias. "I know I need food at home. It's kinda getting hard on us too. I see a lot of people in town with just no work."

If you would like to help the Community Food Bank but aren't able to do so during the week, you can pitch in on the weekends. The organization is preparing food boxes ahead of the distributions to make the lines moves faster during the giveaways.