Staff Stories - stories that make our day!

Annette, our Customer Service Manager, gave me three stories to share with you:

The day started on the wrong foot.  We got into a silly discussion with a guy who was (wrongly) told by his friend that he could get free food boxes for a month, then he would have more money available for beer.  Our 2^nd  phone call was from a standing order family in North Pole informing us she needed to be taken off our order list because she was just approved for food stamps and she thought someone else could use the food more than she and her family.  That phone call was the Heart WARMING call the front desk people needed today to help us remember that most of the people we serve are people who really, truly need our help, and we have to have the other calls to give us a laugh.

I had a man stop in today with a brown bag full of potatoes.  He planted last spring for the first time and was overwhelmed with potatoes, four different varieties from a farm in Delta.  He showed me all four kinds and we told him we gladly accept any and all he has and when he returns on Friday morning he will bring in truck load to us.  He was happy we could accept them even if they are not in a store bought bag.  The best news, he says, is that he no longer has to bombard his friends with potatoes.  As always, we are grateful for any food PROBLEM like this any of you have.  We need and appreciate all of you who donate to your local community food bank – and we, literally, can’t do this community project without YOU!

These two young men pictured below, Joshua Brooks (age 16) and Jesse Die (age 11), have their own egg business: J-Brothers Organic Yard Eggs. 

They are homeschooled boys raising chickens both for their family and also to sell at the Home Grown Market.  Last week the Home Grown Market was full of fresh eggs so instead of throwing the eggs away these two young men dropped off their fresh grown eggs at the Fairbanks Community Food Bank.  30+ families had an extra special treat!

Thanks!

Posted by Anne Weaver - Monday, 01/23/12, 04:29 PM -