Linn Benton food share
A lot of people live in hunger and they don’t get sufficient food or nutrition, which causes them to suffer and live unhealthy lives. I think that we are all responsible to help these people in getting adequate food and nutrition, in order to improve their lives’ conditions. For me it is my pleasure to have the chance to volunteer in Linn Benton food share, a nonprofit organization that provides multiple services to low income people across Benton and Linn counties, aiming to decrease hunger, and to eliminate it as possible, this organization believes that every human has the right to get his essential needs, and it does achieve its goal through donating food for nonprofit groups.
I was very excited to volunteer in this association and to be able to have the chance to participate in packaging the food to deliver it for people in need, I was really happy to take a hand in making these people lives better and hoped to have the opportunity to meet them and encourage them to stay strong. I was hoping to be able to invite people not to give up, no matter how harder their life is, and to be always faithful to enhance their life and achieve more happiness.
After my volunteering session in this organization, I found that the volunteering was easy job and doesn’t require lots of efforts. However, I enjoyed it especially due to the team work and efforts we had. We helped in sorting the seeds into their different types in order to distribute the food to the poor people. This volunteering activity was entertaining to me, besides it was also very beneficial. I got to know the different types of vegetable and herbs which I did not know before. I had fun in this volunteering but it didn’t meet my expectations. I expected that I we will meet people and serve them food. However, when I thought about what I have done, I realized that I was one chain among all those great people who volunteer and help in fighting hunger.
Areen Khalifa
July 2016
