God's Pantry Food Bank's Development Director Karen Griffin joins Cody and Erica by phone with details on this year's Basket Brigade.
It may look a little different, but the goal is the same... making sure families have a meal on their table for Thanksgiving.
Have event outdoor ... following day ... i think you listen we are talking about the basket brigad and if things to look a little different with a pandemic.
The goal is still the ... day which is ... making sure families have a meal on the table.
Thanks ... god's banter food banks development director karen griffin joins us by phone with details on how you can help ... show can we proceed to ... thank you so much i really appreciate having the opportunity to talk about baske brigade ... basket but is obviously a big deal for you guys in for obsolete people ... .
Nearly ... how long is this vent ... event been around ... the around 17 years and every year you know it helped ... the food bank ... .
Make sure families have a mea on their table for holiday ... and let's talk about some of the food that in these boxes you guys to offend test ... i know i wish that i had a ... boxes beautiful fresh ... you know you got frozen turkeys, fresh potatoes ... , butter, you got ... all of the six-inch truly to make a trip ... additional thanksgiving meal including your pumpkin ... pie mix it ... really is a great ... box and i make the ... huge difference to a lot of family ... i want to talk but quickly what that does for families ... being able to know that they're going to have ... giving meal like a traditional ... as to be huge ... it is it is huge.
Rr ... purpose in this is to make sure that ... every ... person in our our service area has the opportunity to have tha c1 3 your family at thanksgiving, just like so many of us have an take for granted that time wher people come around the table to gather a connection ... even in this ... this new world that we live in.
That's so important to families and our communities ... is looking at some of those pictures ... normally you guys would have tons of people volunteers helping out ... in the warehouses of people just dropping off ... food.
I imagine things that can be a little bit different this ... with a pandemic ... out things like white ... most of the things in our world basket brigade will be a little different this year but just as special ... .
Typically we do have basket brigade for one day here at the ... food bank ... this year our partners at health ... and christian ... church over richmond road have ... generously offered ... their space for ... two days so that gives us the faith that we need ... to socially ... distant.
Also to have volunteers for those two days ... , much smaller shift than norma, but we still have ... lots of room for additional participants for basket brigade and were just looking forward to ... the ... being in the community with all these friends and partners to help pack ... boxes ... .
What's the best way for peopl to help you guys out ... i am the way to help us out if you are interested in coming ou in this socially ... just didn't mass ... world ... that we live in ... still do have a lot of spot ... for participants for november 1 and ... 14 participation is 25 ... 14 participation is $25 and you can ... sign up ... for a shift at ... www.basket brigade lacks ... .or so you could actually come and join us on the ... day ... if you're not ... feeling so ... friendly to be able to go out and harness comfortable we are doing virtual participation thi year.
I'm a little different ... , but ... another way to to be involved ... and ... i karen, thank you so much for chatting with a ... really ... should ensure ... callous family that you guys help ... are present