Houston Food Bank

April 9th, 2016, Megan and I along with Boeing Volunteers worked the morning shift at the Portwall Warehouse of the Houston Food Bank. We worked on the Backpack Buddy Program, which provides school kids on free or reduced lunches 6 meals worth of nutrious food they can take home with them on Fridays to feed them over the weekend. During the 4 hours of the shift, we along with 200 other volunteers assembled 7080 backpacks, for a total of 42480 meals. The Houston Food Bank provides 15000 backpacks a week, all assembled by volunteers. #Helpie
IMG 3127  308,000 sq ft of warehouse space at the Portwall Location 
1 308,000 sq ft of warehouse space at the Portwall Location 04-09-2016 11:51
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2 04-09-2016 08:08
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IMG 3045  Boeing Volunteer Team 
3 Boeing Volunteer Team 04-09-2016 08:06
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IMG 3048  Listening to the introduction 
4 Listening to the introduction 04-09-2016 08:11
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IMG 3054  Contents for the Backpack Buddies 
5 Contents for the Backpack Buddies 04-09-2016 08:22
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IMG 3053  Work Area and Menu 
6 Work Area and Menu 04-09-2016 08:21
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IMG 3059  Front end with Apple Sauce, Green Beans, Corn, Cashew Milk and Raisins. 
7 Front end with Apple Sauce, Green Beans, Corn, Cashew Milk and Raisins. 04-09-2016 08:36
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IMG 3058  At Stations preparing to start 
8 At Stations preparing to start 04-09-2016 08:36
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IMG 3061  Adding graham crackers and cereal bars to the backpacks 
9 Adding graham crackers and cereal bars to the backpacks 04-09-2016 08:45
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IMG 3062  Front End of the assembly line 
10 Front End of the assembly line 04-09-2016 08:45
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IMG 3064  Placing protiens (Salmon and Chicken) into the Backpacks 
11 Placing protiens (Salmon and Chicken) into the Backpacks 04-09-2016 08:46
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MVI 3099  40 second video showing the pace of assembly 
12 40 second video showing the pace of assembly
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IMG 3065  pallets of food pre-assembly 
13 pallets of food pre-assembly 04-09-2016 08:46
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IMG 3084  Opening Boxes of Food 
14 Opening Boxes of Food 04-09-2016 09:51
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MVI 3098  1:23 second video showing some of the restocking of the table inventory as we filled the backpacks 
15 1:23 second video showing some of the restocking of the table inventory as we filled the backpacks
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16 04-09-2016 09:07
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IMG 3102  Waiting for more backpacks to come down the line 
17 Waiting for more backpacks to come down the line 04-09-2016 10:05
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IMG 3106  zip tieing the packbacks closed 
18 zip tieing the packbacks closed 04-09-2016 10:12
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IMG 3111  Sealing the completed backpacks 
19 Sealing the completed backpacks 04-09-2016 10:45
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IMG 3080  Assembing boxes 
20 Assembing boxes 04-09-2016 09:42
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IMG 3081  Assembing boxes 
21 Assembing boxes 04-09-2016 09:43
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IMG 3104  Assembling boxes 
22 Assembling boxes 04-09-2016 10:05
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IMG 3110  completed box 
23 completed box 04-09-2016 10:45
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IMG 3063  placing completed backpacks into boxes on pallets 
24 placing completed backpacks into boxes on pallets 04-09-2016 08:45
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IMG 3125  Completed Backpacks in the boxes 
25 Completed Backpacks in the boxes 04-09-2016 11:38
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IMG 3086  A full pallet of Backpacks (120) Completed 
26 A full pallet of Backpacks (120) Completed 04-09-2016 09:52
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IMG 3095  Place completed backpacks into the boxes on the pallet 
27 Place completed backpacks into the boxes on the pallet 04-09-2016 09:53
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IMG 3118  Getting to the end of all pallets of food. 
28 Getting to the end of all pallets of food. 04-09-2016 11:25
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