Crate Work Sorting Donations

The unexpected influx of GoodGymers to Hounslow Community Foodbox this Thursday had the organiser scratching her head to find us tasks. Madhan and Beth arrived first and were teamed up, with Sevan and Alan forming team 2 soon after.

Team 1 were asked to sort the food cupboard staples by date. Rice, pasta and of course, biscuits. Items needed to be categorised as imminently expiring, having a long expiry date or something in between. There was a lot to sort through and more stock kept being added to their unsorted crates, so they were kept busy for most of the session.

Team 2 on the other hand were working through new donations. They had to tally up how many tins or boxes were received in each category, then find where those items lived on the shelves. The shelves were impressively well stocked, so some tins had to be squeezed on the edges of shelves and packets slid under the shelves above.

Sevan moved on to reorganising the household items and pet food, while Alan was deployed to restock the cereal boxes, which were lined high up on the top of each set of shelves. They regrouped for the last task, to arrange the "green, red and blue" long life milk bottles together, which they took great pleasure in neatly lining up.

With four of us to help, we made quick work of the tasks and were finished in under an hour.