Dear Editor,

This year’s service day was a great way to teach the students of Fresno Christian the importance of giving back to the community.

I had the privilege of bagging food at the Fresno Community Food Bank in South Fresno. The warehouse was filled to the ceiling with canned foods and all of them donated by local people and businesses in the community.

I was able to work along side my peers bagging food items in grocery bags for the upcoming community food drive on March 29. While the work was repetitive, it was fun trying to put together the most bags, which also got the bagging done quicker.

Our goal was to bag 1,500 bags within the three hours that we were there. Mission accomplished.

Sarah Pedelty, the Community Food Bank volunteer coordinator, shared with us that when we were able to give a bag of healthy foods to family?s that cannot afford it. And the domino effect is that good, healthy food stimulates good work ethic for the parents to excel in their daily jobs and for the children to do better in school.

I know that I take these things for granted. It is good for me to give back to the community. I would love to go back to the food bank, because it was a wake up call to the fact that I need to be more thankful of what I have.

Maddie Luginbill, Sophomore

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