Volunteer Appreciation

Last week a group of 9 students from Jessica Rowland's Food Systems class, part of the UNM Sustainability Studies program, came to MoGro to volunteer. We gave them a brief tour of Roadrunner Food Bank and chatted about our food sourcing, waste, composting and distribution to give them a feel for how a food-based nonprofit fits into our larger food system. The students helped to pack out Weekly Shares, while our loyal weekly volunteers shifted gears and repacked our dry goods, like flour, blue corn products, rice, and beans. With a recent uptick in orders we have noticed our grocery items selling much quicker. We depend on large groups of volunteers to help us repack, so we're extremely grateful for them when we have them!

Our volunteers are extremely valuable -- we rely on them to make each week happen. From packing to distributing, volunteers are involved in every step along the way. There isn't a week where our Weekly Shares are not packed without the help of our volunteers. After the Shares are packed they are sent to different pickup locations, which are run by volunteers. We would like to express our gratitude to all of these fine folks!

If you are in the Albuquerque area and are interested in joining us for one of our packs on Tuesdays evenings from 4 - 7 PM we would love to have you. Email shelby@mogro.net for more info.

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