FOOD EXPRESS 2010!!
The WNY Food Bank truck is on it's way...and is an extra outreach program in addition to our
regular food pantry. For this program all you need to do is show up! There are no income
requirements and no forms to fill out. This is mostly perishable food that the Food Bank needs to give to people
before it expires! Please bring your own bags. Distribution begins at 2pm on the following dates:
Jan 15th, Feb 19th, March 19th, April 16th, May 21st, June 18th
July 16th, Aug 20th, Sept 17th, October 15th, Nov 19th, Dec
17th
A Volunteer Story
I am a volunteer at The Trading Post and am still amazed to this day at what I see and feel when I
walk through that door. The amazingly inviting setting of the store that we are constantly trying to improve,
the kindness and warmth that overflows from the staff within the store...not to mention the people that come in feeling
a little "down and out" and leave feeling uplifted and blessed (me being one of them). The Trading Post is
always there for you. The Food Pantry is an awesome part of this organization. I remember going in one day
to help out in any way that I could and there was a line longer than usual for food. There was not
a bunch of chaos and impatience like you might see in a grocery store. It was quite plesant, actually. Everybody
was talking to one another and meeting new people, children were laughing and enjoing one another in the children's center,
and the volunteers were happy and eagerly helping. I could see that with every person and/or family they
came across, it warmed their hearts all that much more. It was a day I will never forget. Did I mention
that I have been involved with the Trading Post since 2006? I cannot express how proud I am to be a part of the Trading
Post Community. The Post touches my heart is more ways than I can say.
