It was a lively afternoon at Giant Center in Derry Township, Dauphin County as about 500 Giant food stores volunteers filed into three big tents full of food ready to be packaged and delivered to families in need.
Organizers said it couldn’t come at a more critical time.
“We’re having a lot of fun today, but hunger is serious,” said Joe Arthur, executive director of the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank. “A lot of people don’t realize that we are actually at levels of demand for our services that approach the peak of the pandemic.”
Volunteers were divided into teams, getting to work carefully boxing up pallets of products. Each team had thirty minutes to pack 170 boxes, forming assembly lines to get the job done.
Some special guests chipped in too. The Philly Phanatic wrapped boxes in plastic and Hershey Bears Mascot Coco lent a claw.
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