The low hum of chatting voices is punctuated by the occasional laugh and the sound of rustling plastic in the volunteer room at the Food Bank of Central and Northeast Missouri. More than a dozen people sit or stand at stainless steel tables, repackaging “wheat fuel flakes” from 700 pound boxes into family-size bags.
Volunteers power Central Missouri Food Bank
Thursday, August 19, 2010 | 12:01 a.m. CDT
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