SRKSEP Activity

Packing Pounds of Pears!

Students from Kagashima smile with delight and relief after a rigorous session picking, bagging, weighing and crating what seemed like tons of Bosch Pears at the Redwood Empire Foodbank, directly following the Rotary meeting on August 16. Along with Sunrise chaperone drivers (back row, right) Marina Gachet, Ken Petro and Merle Hayes, students worked diligently for just under two hours to fill three four-by-four-by four crates of bagged produce to be distributed to hungry families, seniors and children who apply for assistance.

Following their labors, the SRKSEP participants were given a tour of the warehouse filled with crates of carrots, bread and... a crate, just being brought in via forklift, of bright red pears.  

Past President Merle explained to the students that the pears they packaged were not sent to market because they were irregular and would not be selected by customers who chose only perfect produce.  Even though these pears were just as delicious and nutritious as their beauteous companions.

Following the Food Bank activity, the SRKSEP teens were transported to Exchange Bank to meet their coordinator, Shauna Lorenzen, and enjoy lunch surrounded by the bank's historical and financial assets.