On September 19, Folsom showed up in a big way on Community Service Day, bringing together hundreds of volunteers and generous neighbors to help fill the shelves at Twin Lakes Food Bank.
Throughout the morning, volunteers fanned out across the community in cars, SUVs and trucks, collecting bags of donated groceries and delivering them to teams waiting at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church to unload and sort thousands of pounds of food. Inside the food bank, another team was hard at work giving the interior walls a fresh coat of paint.
The nearly empty warehouse was quickly filled with thousands of pounds of nonperishable food for local families, seniors, students and individuals facing food insecurity. Community Service Day brought in nearly 39,382 pounds of food. That is just over half of the 70,000+ pounds of food Twin Lakes Food Bank relies on from community food drives each year.
In just one morning, Folsom filled shelves, lifted spirits and helped ensure that food insecure individuals and their families will have access to nutritious food in the months ahead. That incredible response demonstrates what is possible when an entire community comes together.
***If you or your organization would like to be part of that ongoing effort by hosting a food drive, learn more on our Food Drive page by clicking the button below.***
