Every year, I look forward to the day that the Lowenthal Group helps out at Foodlink. Foodlink is a not-for-profit organization based in a warehouse on Exchange Street here in Rochester. Pictured at left are (from left to right), Lowenthal Advisor Peter Rosenthal and his daughter, Kiera, Lowenthal members Inga Grote and Andy Maitland, and yours truly. As you can see, we're occupying a very large box. Actually, the five of us, along with our picture taker, a senior from Bishop Kearney High School, had just finished emptying that box of hundreds of cans of expired soda. In the foreground are blue crates sitting upside-down over large buckets. Setting the cans upside-down on the crates, we could allow th
em to drain. The cans would be bagged and sent out for deposit, and the buckets full of disgusting corn-syrup laden soda would be dumped in a nearby sink. After emptying the box of soda cans, we moved on to a full pallet of expired seltzer water. Peter's daughter was our official bagger, but was eventually overwhelmed! Understandable, as one gets into the zone after repeating the same proceedure hundreds of times. Though it sounds repetitive, I had an awesome time helping the community and enjoying the company of fellow Lowenthal members. There were two other groups of volunteers, one rationing out potatoes, the other labeling cans of beats donated by Wegmans. Afterward, all of us got to enjoy the local cuisine at Nathaniel's Pub nearby. An excellent time...Foodlink's excellent website can be found at:
http://www.foodlinkny.org/
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