Sangha,?

We have been volunteering at Metro Caring Food Bank for a number of years now - typically sending a crew of 5-10 volunteers for a noon - 3:30 pm shift in the warehouse and market every other month. ?Last fall - a number of ZCD community members provided surplus fruits and vegetables from their home gardens to add to the food supply at Metro Caring. We intend to continue this practice on a periodic basis this summer and fall.

Since our volunteer shifts are during working hours - it seems worthwhile to explore other opportunities to contribute that could be done on an evening or weekend - if there is an interest in doing so. ?Metro Caring Volunteer Coordinator Aja Ledoux has identified hygiene kits and sack lunches as unmet needs that we could support on a periodic basis. Metro Caring serves about 1,000 clients - who largely come from the Latino community - who are under increasing duress based on the current administration's immigration policies.?

I'm reaching out to gauge everyone's interest in expanding our impact at Metro Caring. ?Do we want to increase our volunteer shifts from every other month to once a month? ?Do we want to continue providing surplus food from our gardens? ?Is there an interest in taking on the hygiene kits or sack lunches on a monthly or quarterly basis? ?Is there an interest in supporting Metro Caring in other ways?

Consistent is the key here. ?It is not so much what we do - but the fact that Metro Caring can count on us to fulfill our commitment(s) that is important.

I'd love to have a small group of folks who are interested in exploring these options and working with me on this. ?You can reach me here on the zcd.io group - email me at dgibson@... or call/text me at 720-671-0960.

In the dharma,?

David?