At the May 13, Service Day Event, Lynwood Rotary Members helped out at the scheduled community food pantry event held at the Lynwood Emmanuel Church.
Volunteers from the community helped with food packaging from 10am to about 11:30 am and then volunteers helped with food distribution from 11:30 am to about 1:30 pm.
The Lynwood Rotary club had a good turnout in terms of the number of participants.
Most of the recipients for the food arrived in cars, as there was a long line of cars waiting in the adjacent street. Plus there were a few recipients who arrived by walking with some kind of cart to carry the food received. There was food for a total of 150 families, which consisted of enough food for a number of meals for each family.
The procedure for receiving the food consists of advance registration, as to the number of people desiring the donated food, who are residents of Lynwood. However, it was noted if a car arrives whose members are not registered in advance, that car will be allowed to receive food anyway.
NOTE: As of Wed, May 13, there was a posted sign on a main entrance to the offices of the City of Lynwood, that the city would reopen on May 26.
Daniel Miller Public Relations/ Community Outreach Lynwood Rotary Club