On Friday, September 19, the 10th grade class went to serve at the Tarrant Area Food Bank. A total of three advisory groups went to the food bank.
Fort Worth Country Day students broke up into groups and then did some activities with the food bank for a couple hours.
“Some activities that we did during community service was sorting foods into piles like based upon what food group they’re in,” Sam Jones ’28 said.
After the students were split up into separate groups, some took pre-made, bagged meals. They opened up the bags, checked the expiration dates, and checked that it had a nutrition label. Students also sorted foods into groups like fruit, dairy, and bread.
Doing this was helpful for the food bank because not all the pre-made meals were able to go out to people in the community. Foods need an expiration date or nutritious label unless they are fruit.
Some foods, like cheese, would have had to be thrown away because they did not have a nutritious label or would expire too soon to give to the community.
“I believe that our actions heavily impacted our community by allowing people less fortunate than us access to food,” Leo Hatem ’28 said.
At the end of the day, over 7000 meals were made and sorted by students. The food that was sorted into boxes would be distributed out to the community within the next 72 hours.
“It was very fun because I got to spend time with my friends and help the community at the same time,” Andrew Bleich ’28 said.
Tarrant Area Food Bank was founded in 1982 in Fort Worth. Some residents in the town were worried about hunger in their community and thus began the Tarrant Area Food Bank.
The Food Bank exists to serve people in need in the community. The objective for the Tarrant Area Food Bank is to sort meals and food, then distribute them out to the community.
