CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO COUNTY FOOD BANK

A group of people wearing matching red shirts pose in front of a food bank truck. The truck displays logos for Walmart and Sams Club and reads Food Bank of Contra Costa & Solano: Working together for hunger relief.On Friday, June 9th, a group of Zachary’s employee owners volunteered at the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano in Concord.

The Food Bank serves over 190,000 people each month. Last year, the food bank delivered over 20 million pounds of food to people in need in Contra Costa and Solano counties. One in eight Contra Three people smiling at the camera in a warehouse setting, one holding packing tape. Shelving and boxes are visible in the background. A fourth person, slightly out of focus, stands further back.A smiling employee in a black T-shirt holds a large cardboard box labeled Snacks in a storage room. The room is filled with stacked boxes and office equipment, including tape and a scale.Costa residents turns to the Food Bank for help. The food bank has about 70 full time staff members working hard to organize and coordinate a huge quantity of perishable and non-perishable items.

Our energetic group of volunteers was excited to lend a hand (or many hands) for the morning. Zachary’s Community Outreach Coordinator, Robin Smith, organized the event. Smith said, “I was really impressed with how much bigger the organization is and how many families they are able to service in a month. And I can’t wait A group of five people cheerfully poses while organizing food items in a warehouse. Shelves filled with boxes are visible in the background. Packed spaghetti boxes and canned goods are on a metal table in the foreground.to go back and help more!”