Volunteers
F rom school children to retired seniors and everyone in between, the community came together this past year to volunteer at our ware- houses in record numbers. The Food Bank relies heavily on our volunteer supporters help to sort, glean, and pack food for those at risk of hunger. Every volunteer is critical to the Food Bank’s ability to distribute such a high volume of perish- able and non-perishable foods. Last year volunteers provided 13,512 hours of service —the equivalent of 6.5 full-time staff, in- creasing our staff capacity by 63%.
Terry Ruscoe, Brandon Ruscoe, Jared Ruscoe and staff members of their company Better Homes & Gardens Everything Real Estate, deliver hundreds of boxes of food to Merced senior residents who may not otherwise have enough food during these difficult times. “We are very fortunate that our community has supported us to the extent that we are now, in turn, able to support our community.” Terry Ruscoe
The Ruscoes packing up for Senior Bag delivery
12 mcfb 2023–2024 annual report
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