Andrea Joy Campbell: “Mr. Speaker, this bill is sponsored for one very important and simple purpose. It is to allow food banks to give not…”

“Mr. Speaker, this bill is sponsored for one very important and simple purpose. It is to allow food banks to give not only food but dignity. Those individuals who are of lesser means, who volunteer their time in order to help put together bags of groceries, are sometimes given a bag of groceries for the hours that they may work, in recognition, not as a wage, but because they themselves might also be in need. It is a way for a person who has need to receive help in his or her own right in a way that confers and maintains their dignity as a human being. Mr. Speaker, the bill came to my attention because of the excellent work of the Second Harvest Food Bank, and in closing I would like to recognize the individuals involved in the exceptionally fine work of the Second Harvest Food Bank, in particular Mary Ellen Heising, for 18 years the director of the Second Harvest Food Bank, David Sandretto, the current executive director, and Cindy McGoun and Beverly Jackson who run the volunteer program.”