Travis Airmen help feed families in need

By Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman, 60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs / Published March 29, 2017
Airmen from the 60th Operations Group at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., help sort and package carrots during a volunteer event at the Solano Food Bank in Fairfield, Calif., March 24, 2017. More than 30 Airmen supported the event and packaged more than 6,700 pounds of food. (Courtesy Photo)TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Thirty-four Airmen from the 60th Operations Group at Travis Air Force Base, California, volunteered to package meals for families in need at the Solano Food Bank in Fairfield, California, March 24.The team spent 11 hours packaging a variety of foods including carrots, onions, pasta, fruits and rice.

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Tech. Sgt. Amanda Richardson, 21st Airlift Squadron NCO in charge of aviation resource management and the coordinator for the project, said it’s important to give back to the community.

“It’s very important to give back because we are usually guests at our assignment locations,” said Richardson. “Very rarely are we from the areas that we are stationed. So just like being overseas or deployed, we need to support the communities that support us and show them that we are always here for them, even in the smallest way.”

“When people see us in uniform and thank us for our service, we need to ask ourselves what have we done for them,” she said.

With that selfless mindset, Richardson led a team of nearly three dozen Airmen to help provide food for people living in 26 cities with a population over 1.7 million.

To read more, please visit: http://www.travis.af.mil/News/Article/1134300/travis-airmen-help-feed-families-in-need