April 27, 2018
Samantha Rendon, Marketing Specialist
Scott Christy, is single father to a six-year old little girl, works from 4:00 PM – 3:00 AM at a Fed-ex facility in Schertz, TX and is now an avid Hunger Fighter. He found while his daughter was school he had a few extra hours during the week to spare and wanted to use his free time for good. Years ago, his parents would come and volunteer at the Food Bank and enjoyed the time spent her. “My mother was the one who said I should come volunteer,” Christy says, “so I signed up one day and now I come religiously Monday’s and Tuesday’s to the Food Bank.”
Christy has recently been appointed to an Apple Corps member, which is small group of volunteers who show leadership and dedication in various volunteering opportunities. He says the importance of volunteering at the Food Bank is because we are all just one paycheck away from being food insecure, “I know I have been close to it and know people who struggled to put food on the table for their family,” Christy says. “Every day I see people in need and I love knowing I am a part of the solution and I can pass that along to my daughter.” He also says volunteering is something we should all experience once in our life.
San Antonio Current: One of the 16 San Antonio Female Musicians Sarah Roork has been actively fighting hunger since Hurricane Harvey hit in August 2017. She started organizing local food drives and traveling to disaster areas to help with what the Hurricane left behind. As the San Antonio Food Bank was in “active disaster response mode” she felt the need greater in her own backyard and started to donate her time to help the Food Bank provide for those in need. “It truly showed me the compassion the Food Bank had to helping local and statewide Hurricane response needs,” Roork says, “I just knew I needed to respond as well.”
In between tattooing and touring Roork finds time for her and sometimes her kids to come and volunteer each week. “I try to volunteer when I can,” Roork says, “it’s very easy to sign up for shift, they are short, sweet and effective.” She is glad she can bring her son and daughter to help out as well to teach them empathy for individuals around them, “not everyone has it all and it’s important we know and understand that,” Roork says.
The San Antonio Food Bank thanks all our wonderful volunteers who walk through the doors each day fighting hunger. Without your time, we would not be able to feed 58,000 individuals each week. We encourage you to keep coming back and bring others who would love to get involved. If you know someone who would love to give time at the San Antonio Food Bank visit us today at www.safoodbank.org/give-time/.