Steam engines, hydraulic presses, water-pressure, even gravity--all of these conjure up a sense of unrelenting force, but the Human Food Chain has given Hope House another definition: 397 Catholic students.
Students from Assumption Catholic School form a human chain from the church altar to the Hope House shed, passing the over 2,000 cans of food raised in their annual food drive from hand to hand into the shed.
Things were a little crazy for the volunteers in the shed. Once the students begin passing the cans along, there isn't any way to stop the flow. Onward come the cans. The first graders slowed down with the fruit cans because they had the most interesting pictures and the seventh graders tried to toss the boxes of macaroni, but the food kept coming: chili, soup, beans and pork, canned corn, canned green beans, mac and cheese, crackers, peanut butter, tomato sauce, black beans, tuna and chicken.
The Human Food Chain is one of the several local food drives that provide Hope House with much needed food supplies. While Hope House is not a food bank, we are an emergency food supply for over 1,250 clients. Emergency food supplies are a one to two day supply of canned staples. Clients access emergency food supplies when other food resources are unavailable or when in a crisis situation.
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