| Show - G8 The Salt Lake TribuneDeseret News Saturday July 11 1992 COMMUNITY PROJECT Agents pitch in to help out elderly at the Food Bank Vi) Call them "boxers" if you choose Or better still volunteers Both titles fit They are volunteers and they Althc box food for the needy This is a program says Alan Stoddard chairperson for the Community Service Committee for the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS that has become as commonplace around the Utah Food Bank as "For Sale" signs out in the community According to Stoddard the program started about three years ago and has done nothing but get larger and larger and more and more popular with 4 one-mont- period "It's kind of an infectious thing Some of the people that have come down and worked here have ended up getting involved in other projects It's a nice feeling to come down and help others It's definitely a worthwhile project for us" he adds The group has also participated in another way Last year the Food Bank ran out of needed food The Salt Lake Board of REALTORS donated $1000 to fif '! 44) making And er' 4i J)0 D ' - 2'441t '''''''''''‘- " '' LIST '' '' ' t :-- k s ' - 4 A eli- - t Here choice! - s 4774174---ek- I A (17- - f 1 - 11tii- Garder ' r ?:--1 You t St 0' I ( Warn ----' 1‘ --- 1 i ( ? 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Stoddard says that on a typithe two agents will fill between 40 to 45 boxes The way it works is that an individual group or agency will volunteer to handle the Food h Bank project for a 1444 ill - r he says cal day ' 'ult t ' 'p "What we put into boxes is food to help the elderly It supplements other foods they receive In many cases it makes a lot of difference to the people" Difference often to whether or not they have enough food to make it through the week During the first year of the program the agents also used to deliver the food That job was taken over by another group Now the agents show up go back to their assigned positions and fill boxes with whatever foods are available a''t'N'-- ' t each passing week Under the program two real estate agents show up at the Food Bank each week to help cerebox food for the needy als can goods possibly some fresh vegetables now and then and for a treat maybe a candy bar or two 1' $' the lucl what th Golder want tc requirE ' ' - r 004406-ro- '''''''''' ' "- 01 - 1r u h') 21fE'c6 I your hc free prc ther sp Su! nient gy-effi- c: housirq county ing or i mate a Re a horn choice 1036 1: Mc dence Alan Stoddard left Randy Eagar and Linda Wolcott load boxes up at the Food Bank that buy needed goods until more could be supplied According to Stoddard the Food Bank is always in need of food items "especially protein goods such as tuna fish peanut butter beans fresh vegetables and all kinds of baby food "The Food Bank gets drawn on pretty heavily especially this year It seems that more and more people this year are in need of food "Which means of course that the Food Bank is in need of more and more food A lot of food is given away to needy people" Stoddard notes Several groups do in fact will be taken to elderly Iltahns hold food drives each year for the Food Bank but as Stoddard notes more food is always needed to fill the needs People wishing to donate food to the food banks can bring it to 212 W 1300 South There it will be counted and stacked and eventually moved to the tables where members of the Salt Lake Board of REAL TORS pick it up and stack it as boxes for the needy they have been doing on a routine basis for the past three will in years Joi Americ dence and la (freque in a clir peals tc Also assisting in the program is Randy Eagar president of the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS and Linda Wolcott vice president of the group Sharp tools will make carving out a garden much easier Carving out a garden is a diff- chore without the right tools As interest in gardening and landscaping grows keep adding to your tool inventory to lessen the workload Here is a list of tools you should have: icult (either with a straight or handle) for new breaking ground general digging and mixing soil Spade Spading fork for breaking d soil or moving up well-roote- plants Hard-toothe- d metal rake for smoothing soils breaking up dirt clods or gathering garden debris Lightweight metal rake serves as a broom for the garden Hoe for cultivating or removing weeds Scuffle (pronged hoe) for bigger jobs and cultivating in tight areas Trowel for digging small holes for individual plants Claw for cultivating tight areas Shrub clipper for pruning and cutting shrubs and small vines and sticks for the compost pile d lopper for bigger pruning tasks Dandelion lifter for removd ing dandelions and other Two-hande- long-roote- weeds A - watering can for individual plants Wheelbarrow for hauling dirt large plants and compost Bucket for smaller hauling chores Be sure to add some garden gloves and twine to the collection They'll come in handy Tools work better and last longer when they are kept clean and sharp Before putting them away use a putty knife to scrape away stuck-o- n soil Several times a year rub down the blades with coarse steel wool or sandpaper Periodically sharpen shovels and hoes with a file to make digging and weeding easier "Where |
