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people offer us food," he said, “We say, we’ll take it—when should we pick it up?”
Paul’s practical approach to food procurement benefits the 75 or so agencies that use his Kent Street food warehouse in Winchester to prepare meals or give out groceries to hundreds of local poor.
Second harvest is a national network of food banks, funded by private donations and serving as a central location for getting food to the hungry. Agencies like churches, senior citizen nutrition sites, halfway houses and welfare departments shop there, paying ten cents a pound. Captain Carrawan of the Salvation Army comes weekly, stocking up on food to serve dinner and breakfast to transients who appear at his door.
Reverend Lee Storey of the Church of the Nazarene delivers bags of groceries to neighborhood poor at the end of each week.
While Paul doesn’t have double coupons or advertised specials, he does have a large board listing what’s available on the two days he’s open.
“If a truckload of perishable items come in, we’ll call around to let people know so they’ll come right away,” he said. “When we have bread, it’s like the attack on Jacksonville.”
Hard times have altered food buying habits, sending some unusual items Paul’s way. “We have these giant tins of nuts,” Paul said. “The manufacturer offered them for people who use a lot of mixed nuts. But at $15.00 a can, people refused to buy them.”
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