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Would you like to know what it is like to volunteer at SHARE? If so, we have a treat for you. Please meet Ronald. He has volunteered here at the SHARE Warehouse for a little over two years. As of now, he has experienced pretty much every aspect of our food distribution cycles. From receiving the food all the way to distributing it to participants and everything in between. Ronald has enjoyed his time at SHARE so much, that he started writing about his experiences in his Web Log/Blog site. The web log is a sort of online diary posted by the owner. Ron is a great guy and very humble. His goals and intentions of his work is to spread the word about SHARE and to help it grow. We are happy that he agreed to let us share his thoughts with you. We have posted a few of his personal entries below. His detailed accounts highlight many aspects of the SHARE Food Network. _ Thanks Ron for taking the time to document your experiences and sharing them with everyone.
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What is Blogging?
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What it's like to
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Receiving/Bagging Week
Today, my lessons on how SHARE works continued. I got to play quality
control inspector. Every shipment of food
SHARE orders
When people look at the elderly, they may not realize just how
productive they can be. The people at SHARE know first hand what these
incredible people can do. A number of volunteers there are elderly
people from various church groups that have made SHARE their special
project. Today, I saw two such.... Read More.
Click Here.
Boxing Holiday Specials
I got help out again at the Self Help and Resource Exchange (SHARE) in
Bladensburg today. Today was boxing day
at SHARE. Boxing day is where you put together boxes and then fill them
with the fixings that go with their ham or turkey food packages.
Typically this includes stuffing mix.... Read
More. Click Here.
Volunteers
Few things are as critical to the Washington D.C. SHARE program as
volunteers. The reasons for this is because
SHARE couldn't operate without them or offer the great savings they
offer in their food packages if it weren't for them. I'll explain
why these two statements.... Read More. Click
Here.
Pre - Staging
Today was pre-staging day at SHARE. We had to get ready 16
particularly large orders in advance. The reason
SHARE does this is because it helps make things go smoother on
Distribution Friday and Distribution Saturday. Large customers
can.... Read More. Click here.
Pre - Staging Part II  I found out today that I got one thing wrong yesterday. I found out
they also pre-stage the frozen items and that they sometimes have
more than just 2 or 3. Today, they had five frozen items. I can also
vouch that the pre-staging
process does save valuable time later. It took four of us over....
Read More. Click Here.
4:00 a.m., time to get up. It was the beginning of a busy morning. I'd
promised the folks at SHARE that me and Tami
would help out on distribution Saturday. That meant I had to be on the
road by 5:15 a.m..... Read More. Click Here.
Market Day
Today was Market Day at SHARE. What is Market Day you ask? It is the
day that SHARE offers some really nice
bargains on food items it's trying to clear out of its inventory.
When SHARE orders food for its monthly food packages and special
food packages.... Read More. Click Here.
It's A Wrap!
Yesterday, I got to finish working an entire cycle at SHARE by helping
them do inventory. It wasn't very hard work. All I had to do was pull
everything out of the freezer, group like items together like all the
chicken thighs, and then help Sam count all the items. What's left in
the.... Read More. Click Here.
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