We Did The Food Drop 2019

While we were up north, we were able to participate in the Annual Food Drop that our family's church does each year and they traditionally look forward to being part of it.

So early Saturday morning, January 27, we along with 1,998 other people including two of our grandchildren, met at Granger Community Church in Granger, Indiana to make sure food would be available for over 63,000 people in the Michiana (Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana) area.

After a joint informational meeting, everyone dispersed to their area of assignment.  Our job was to stay inside as much as possible since it was a very chilly 18 degree day.

So we, along with hundred's of others decorated boxes to be filled with food products outside.

Once the box was decorated, there was a line of young people who taped the boxes and then sent you outside to begin the process of loading them.

Once our boxes were loaded, they were then sealed and put into trucks that would later take them to distribution points all over the area.  These boxes were then given to some 63,000 people personally that afternoon.

In looking at a video of the event, I got a glimpse of someone familiar.  I had no idea this had been taken so was quiet surprised to see that I made the video.  How fun is that!

This is another shot from the video to give you an over view of the enormous process.  The filled boxes were loaded into the trucks on the right.

There were four eighteen wheeler trucks loaded with donated bulk cases that were moved by human chains to smaller trucks to be taken to food pantries.

Granddaughter Mary-Elizabeth and to-be Granddaughter, McKenna were the end of the chain, inside one of the trucks handing off these bulk items to Grandson, Jackson deeper inside.  This is the job they choose to do every year.

This is part of the 220 dozen doughnuts provided for the 2,000 people.  There were also numerous hot beverage and juice tables for all the hard working folks.

After it was all loaded the hard workers came inside to warm up in front of the fireplace and drink something warm.

We were thrilled to have been part of this wonderful timely event.  The following week saw record breaking low temperatures in Northern Indiana thanks to the Polar Vortex and Winter Storm Jayden.  So, thanks to the ministry of Granger Community Church and thousands of volunteers, many families had plenty to eat.

This is a link to a video about the event if you would like to see what really takes place.  You will even see a familiar face.

Food Drop 2019

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