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Day 5- Saving Gai Lan Today we got a box of gai lan, a Chinese broccoli, donated on Sunday from the Farmers’ Market. It was a Wednesday, and because of a funky smell swirling from the heavy, open-slit box and … Continue reading →

Day 3 and 4- The Treat Box At the Food Bank,  there’s what’s called the Treat Box – a scuffed office supply-sized box that sits on the edge of the table near the slats of mandatory canned food. Odds and … Continue reading →

Day 1- Counting the Loaves. The Motherly Volunteer peered through the doorway and looked at the rain-sprinkled clients sitting patiently. Some had wired, wheeled carts to carry their boxes to the car, others relied on the ones provided by the … Continue reading →