Lucy hadn’t planned on needing help. She’d always been the one who picked up groceries, drove herself to appointments, and managed on her own. Then a car accident left her with injuries serious enough that driving — or even standing and walking — was no longer possible.
She had no family nearby or friends who could step in to help. So, when her refrigerator ran empty, Lucy anxiously picked up the phone and called Twin Lakes Food Bank.
Meeting people in the middle of a crisis is exactly why we exist. Food insecurity is something that can build slowly over time, but for Lucy, it arrived without warning. Her body could no longer do what her circumstances required.
A mother and daughter from the National Charity League were volunteering at the food bank the morning that Lucy called and asked how they could help. They offered to serve as her proxy, assembled her groceries and delivered them directly to her door — no small ask, and no small gift, for someone who had spent weeks alone and unable to leave her house.
When they arrived at Lucy’s home and opened her refrigerator to load in the food, they found nothing inside except one carton of vanilla yogurt, nearly empty.
They didn’t say anything about the nearly empty fridge, just began unloading groceries and filling the shelves Lucy hadn’t been able to fill herself. As the mother and daughter team were leaving, Lucy’s gratitude was evident, “Thank you for coming so quickly to help a stranger in need and thank you for your kindness.”
