The past couple of weeks, Scan Laguardia was the busiest especially with the holidays approaching. In these tough economic times the staff of Scan including myself were working hard to make sure that every participants in the program including family members enjoy their holidays. As the yearly Thanksgiving dinner was coming every staff had a project they were working on including from cooking for about 300 families to making sure all orders were received. Part of my duty was ordering the ingredients needed for the dinner and making sure all payments were transferred to the companies. The Thanksgiving dinner took place on Monday November 22, and parents, siblings and family friends attended the event as it turned out to be one of the most successful dinners ever.
In the theme of giving, last week was my turn to operate the food pantry and distribute them for residents with proper papers. Residents in need of emergency food come to us with a referral paper and the agency that sent them with the number of people in their family. In return my duty was to make copies of their referrals along with a proper identification in order to be filed later for future references. Depending on the number of people in the family, an individual received a variety of balanced diet from the different food groups. Additionally residents received copies of recipes for a healthy diet and nutrition guide which I researched online prior to pantry day. At times the work load can seem overwhelming but watching the looks of the people is rewarding when you know that you are making a difference in these hard economic times near the holidays.
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