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| KUSI Morning Show at the 4S Ranch Community Hub. CEO Jim Floros of the San Diego Food Bank looks on. |
In our recent company wide meeting we committed to combining a food drive with our Fifth Annual Thank You Run. Since it was our first year we decided to only include 4000 single family homes or so.
That was when the nervous laugh hit all of us. Even I wondered how we could possibly accomplish it. I am not sure who suggested, "let's call our clients and friends."
It is difficult to express the sense of appreciation I felt when within minutes of posting the food drive on Facebook, so many of you volunteered to pass out the grocery bags in your neighborhoods.
It reminded me of what it must have felt like in generations past when a community came together to harvest food.
After the bags were picked up, we had hundreds of them resting on the floor of the Community Hub. A man who only identified himself as "Jim" walked up and asked me and Al Steiner for an empty paper bag. What happened next surprised me.
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| Mike Shay and David Flores. |
We provided "Jim" with an empty bag and he returned a few minutes later and it was filled to the top with food. He had walked across the parking lot and went into Ralphs Supermarket to buy tuna fish and peanut butter.
I thanked him and I noticed he went next door to Brett's Barbecue. As I was leaving I told him again about how this week of giving had reminded me about the amazing spirit and generosity of this community and I thought what he had done was pretty darn special.
About twenty minutes later I got a call from Al who said, "Ray, you wouldn't believe it but Jim returned again. Guess what? He asked for another paper bag."
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| The affable KUSI News Reporter Brad Perry visits with Jessica and Derek Breaux |
If your wondering, Jim really did walk back across the parking lot and purchase another bag of food for the hungry and dropped it at the Community Hub.
There are really too many people to thank, but let me assure you that each of you made this holiday a little better for people who are hungry. You also reminded our family how lucky we are to have each of you as neighbors and friends.
Jim Floros, the Chief Executive Officer of the San Diego Food Bank was very clear when he said, "Unfortunately hunger does not have a season. It is year round."
Support the San Diego Food Bank and other community service organizations. It is these companies who provide for the less fortunate through your generous donations.
See you at the Thank You Run.
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