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Thank You, Second Harvest Volunteers O
n April 21, Second Harvest Food so glad that Second Harvest Food Bank Bank Santa Cruz County hosted reached out to volunteers to be able to a volunteer appreciation event conduct pop-up distribution events. I at Aptos Village Park. was encouraged by the joint event they As the nonprofit feeding 65,000 people held in March with other organizations a month, Second Harvest leaders are most for flood victims.” appreciative of people who volunteer She concluded, “It has been eyetheir time to help. opening to see all the food Second Such as Sherry Yokim, and Maritza Harvest Food Bank is able to glean and Angel Hernandez. from government and commercial All three have helped with food dis- sources — much more than I imagined. tributions at the county fairgrounds, and I look forward to learning more about pop-up distributions at Second Harvest’s how Second Harvest Food Bank makes warehouse in Watsonville. In addition, connections between food sources and Sherry has volunteered for a pack and those who need it.” sort. Maria said, “I enjoy working with Maritza registers participants. an organization which I can help the Angel and Sherry help load vehicles. Watsonville community.” “I can always count on these Angel said, “I enjoy working with three to help at any distribution we Second Harvest because I get to meet are hosting,” said Dawn Barreras of and work with more people who’ve Second Harvest. “I don’t think there also been doing volunteer work.” is one time that I have reached out to Their dog Cinnamon has been a them and asked for their help, and they part of the Second Harvest food distrididn’t jump at the chance to volunteer. butions, bringing joy to everyone who All three have infectious personalities shows up. and care deeply about our community This is what Cinnamon likes about and really bring fun and joy to the volunteering: “I like being held and I distributions.” love getting pets from volunteers. Also, When people volunteer, it brings I like being able to boost morale when them satisfaction — and that is true the work starts to feel hard.” n for these three volunteers. Sherry said, “My favorite part of volunteering is how much I’ve learned about how great the needs are and how effective Second Harvest Food Bank is. At the first event I attended, a drive-through distribution at the Santa Cruz County fairgrounds, I couldn’t help but cry to see how many cars were lined up and how they kept coming.” She added, “After the Pajaro River flood, as I was contemplating how and where I could help, Second Harvest Food Bank Mary Casey, Suzanne Garcia and Stephanie Russo contacted me! I am