Forklifts, pallets of boxes and 50 Memphis WorldHub day sort employees. That was the scene at the Memphis Food Bank distribution facility. After just 4 hours of volunteer work over 18,000 pounds of food had been sorted and destined to United Way area charities, over 300, that depend on the food bank to feed their constituents.
With an orchestrated chaos that was just a couple of million packages shy of the normal Hub operations, FedEx team members sorted boxes of food by type into containers. The spirit of the team was infectious as the team worked to music and the barking direction of The Food Bank foreman.
It was amazing that these employees chose to work on their day off to lend a hand to their community and support the United Way campaign. This isn’t the first time FedEx has helped The Food Bank with its mission, earlier this year FedEx took first place in “Operation Feed” for being the overall top contributing company.
It was truly an exciting day. Susan Sanford, The Food Bank CEO & president, said it best, “I love seeing all the purple shirts. We are very grateful to FedEx and these people for all the help!”
This is an excellent way to give back to the community.