Food Truck Observation

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492,000 people, on average, are served yearly by the Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank that originated in 1981 (“Serving Local”). On December 19th, 2015 The Arc Board of Muskegon sponsored a Food Truck that would take place in Downtown Muskegon at the Parmenter O'Toole Building. Having a food truck allows people in need to get what they need to survive. This also allows people in the community to volunteer their time to serve people.
My mom and I arrived downtown. We signed up to volunteer and then waited to be told what to do. The event was not very organized and it was not easy to identify a leader. While we were standing around waiting to be told what we needed to do, I was observing my surroundings. I noticed multiple groups of …show more content…

We were told that 98 people had signed up to receive food. We calculated the number of Gatorade's we had and then divided that evenly. We ended up giving each person 16 gatorades. We had to take the gatorade out of the packaging and put them into plastic meijer bags. On this day, there were many volunteers, more than normal we were told. So, we set up an assembly line type organization to have the highest efficiency possible. Once that job was finished, we moved onto the potatoes. The potatoes were packaged already so we just needed to take them off the truck and place them on the table to people to pick …show more content…

My family is blessed with many things most of these people I served will never have. We have the luxury of going to Meijer on a weekly basis and buying everything we need and want. I, along with most people, take these things for granted until you attend an event like this. When I choose this event, I was thinking it would be rewarding to serve these people, especially around the holidays. I have volunteered for a few other organizations similar to this including Catholic Charities, breakfasts sponsored by Churches, and Kids Food Basket. I realized that all of these organizations provide food to families in need. At Catholic Charities we made baskets for Thanksgiving Dinner. I never met the people or saw them receive their baskets which is what differentiates this from the food truck. At the food truck, I was able to see the people directly. Of course, at the breakfasts I was able to see the people directly as well. I walked around pouring drinks for all the people. Kids Food Basket is similar to the Catholic Charities, in the sense that I did not see the Kids directly. I packaged the dinners that would be handed out to Kids in need the next day day at school in our own Muskegon

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