MULTIMEDIA RELEASE: Giving before Thanksgiving

Coast Guard families help out at the Alameda Food Bank

Alameda Point, Calif. – Petty Officer Marvy Rivera and Sea Scout volunteer Lisa Lifried take boxes of Thanksgiving food donations from a truck unloaded by Petty Officer Isaac Mejia and Chief Petty Officer Mark Knapp Nov. 19, 2011. Every year, Coast Guard members and their families, Sea Scouts, Boy Scouts and Elks Club volunteers unpack and sort food donations at the Alameda Food Bank warehouse in preparation for Thanksgiving delivery to low-income families in Alameda. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Sarah B. Foster

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Alameda Point, Calif. – Interviews with volunteer Ellisiah Smith and Alameda Food Bank Executive Director Hank Leeper. Volunteers collect, unload and sort donated Thanksgiving food into the Alameda Food Bank warehouse Nov. 19, 2011. Every year, Coast Guard members and their families, Sea Scouts, Boy Scouts and Elks Club volunteers unpack and sort food donations at the Alameda Food Bank warehouse in preparation for Thanksgiving delivery to low-income families in Alameda. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Sarah B. Foster

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