Local Food Bank receives Semi-Trailer Truck of Food

One Nation Dream Makers distributes food to those in need.

Ronnie Forbes was a Korean War Veteran, after leaving the service he suffered from PTSD, drug and alcohol addictions, was in and out of jail, but the Lord told him he was to serve him. Ronnie started to volunteer at the same food lines he used to stand in, today he runs his own food bank in Livermore and this year started the Livermore Warming Center. (see his story at www.OneNationDreamMakers.org)

At this year’s Martin Luther King Jr Fellowship Breakfast, Ronnie received the MLK Legacy Award for his community service, sponsored by the Pleasanton Community of Character Collaborative.

His food bank, located in the old fire station in Livermore, does food rescue from local retailers, they sort it and re-box it and deliver the boxes to local people in need, low-income housing, homeless and others.

The food truck was delivered on Monday, Jan 31st with 24 pallets of food weighing approximately 40,000 pounds with cans of cream of chicken soup, chili, flour, powdered milk, macaroni, pasta sauce, corn, green beans, peanut butter, laundry soap and more.

One Nation Dream Makers shares the food with other local food pantries, such as: Tri-Valley Haven in Livermore, St. Raymond and Hively, both in Dublin.

The truck is part of the Surplus Food program of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which has their own farms, canneries, dairies, and other processing plants. When there is surplus in their storage warehouses, it is shared with food pantries and to disaster areas. Recently three trucks were received in Santa Rosa and Monterey counties to assist flood victims in those areas.

Ronnie was excited at the delivery, “We thank God … for providing a timely delivery of incredible food to increase our ability to do more for more of our community troops that are in big time need. This is awesome”.