The Volunteers Who Keep Thunder Bay's Food Bank Running
Behind every full shelf is a roster of volunteers who show up week after week. Meet two of them.
On any given weekday, the regional food bank moves thousands of kilograms of groceries - and almost none of it happens without volunteers like Donna Stolz and Max Baba-Zada.
Donna has sorted donations every Tuesday for six years. Max, a retired millwright, drives the pickup route to grocery partners across the city. Neither wants the spotlight; both agreed to talk only because they hope it nudges a few more people to sign up.
Demand has risen with grocery prices, but so has community generosity. The food bank says volunteer hours - not just donations - are the constraint that most often limits how many families it can serve in a given week.
If you have a free morning, they would like to hear from you.
