Monica Ayala

EDU 280-1007

10/15/21

Three Square organizations support so many people in need of food. It was established in

2007 in Nevada serving the residents of Lincoln, Nye, Esmeralda, and Clark Counties. They

firmly believe to provide food to hungry people while also eliminating to end hunger within the

community. They work with many partners such as nonprofit and faith organizations, schools,

and after school and feeding sites within the community to reach those struggling people and to

end the risk of hunger. I will be describing my volunteer experience at Three Square and how it

benefitted individuals and the community. I have encountered a lot of new people as well as

knowing that fewer people are going hungry.

Three Square has two campuses in Las Vegas, the main campus and a Senior Hunger

Campus. I volunteered at both campuses and their system of scheduling volunteer hours is great

because it allows you pick what time and date you want to volunteer for. That helped me out a

lot because it offered a lot of options and days that I was available, and it showed the different

locations of where the food distribution was going to be or working in the warehouse at one of

the campuses. The first couple of days I volunteered at the Senior Hunger Campus Warehouse.

All I did was grab a bag and place fresh produce in it, but I had to follow the pattern of placing

how many different types of fresh produce into the bag. There was a goal to achieve which was

470 bags of produce within the time frame of two hours, but it was okay if we did not hit the goal

because the next set of people that were going to come in could finish it. Most of the time my

group hit the goal and we all felt good because we knew that the bags of produce were going to
the homebound seniors. Those bags of produce go to those sixty years of age who don’t have

food or can’t physically go to the store. Sometimes Three Square goes themselves to deliver the

bags of produce to those people, or they can pick it up at a partnered church. I believe this

program benefits many homebound seniors because they're getting healthy produce and at the

same time keeping their stomachs full.

The second campus I went to is the Main Campus. It was much different from the senior

campus. It allowed me to help different types of other people and do more stuff in this campus. It

just adds another helping hand. During my time at this campus, I did the same thing of packing

produce to ship to different partners to distribute them to the seniors for the first half-hour. As

soon as my group and I were done, we were advised to sort the Amazon products, produce, and

packages. I was surprised because I work for Amazon and I did not know they provided

products, produce, and packages to Three Square. We sorted protein powders, apple juices,

coffee grounds to toilet paper, cat litter, eggs, meats, and other essentials. We place them into

boxes, and they were ready to go to the multiple partners that Three Square gives their donations

to. It was an extraordinary feeling to experience that families or individuals were obtaining these

types of groceries given from Amazon. It supports them because food is overpriced and it’s a

relief that most people receive donations like this.

To add, I also helped in packing lunches for students at the main campus. It was called,

“Kids Café Kitchen”, I helped pack meals for kids inside the kitchen. It was a great experience,

and it was typically more of frozen foods such as meats, bread, milk, juices, and fruits. It benefits

so many children because some kids get their food intake only when they’re at school and on the

weekends, they may have nothing. I help assemble boxed meals so that children can take home

food on Fridays. They won’t have to stress about not eating, this makes me happy that I am
helping children especially with donating food to them. Overall, it was a fun, rewarding

experience. I know I completed my part, but I imagine the people receiving the donations can be

a potentially life-changing experience. I will be volunteering more often to help my community

out and to end hunger.