A big thanks to our current volunteers that are doing a great job in serving the need here in Burlington! Whether packing hampers, picking/packing orders or delivering to our clients they are all vital in serving our community. We also miss our regular volunteers and they say miss us! Not only do they miss each other and our staff, they miss our clients, they miss the social interaction that takes place as they assist in helping the client shop and hearing their life stories and truly getting to know them. We regularly have clients that make sure they come in on a certain day of the week because they have connected well with that group of volunteers.

During pre-Covid times one of the first things that happens when a person first uses the Food Bank is they sit down with a member of our team and go through not just the identification process but also getting to know what is going on that brought them to us that particular day. We are then able to use a great resource prepared by Wellington Square that shows where they may be able to find extra help in Burlington, we go through this page by page and see what help might benefit that client and their family, leaving them with a lot more help then when they first arrived at our door.