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Gordon Trucking donates 3500 pounds of food to Emergency Food Network

The holiday season is filled with the joys of friends, family and good food. While most of us cannot imagine what this time of year would be like without one of these joys, there are families in every community that will go hungry during the holidays. To help make the holidays special for those without food, Gordon Trucking has teamed up with the Emergency Food Network to donate food for hungry families.

This year Gordon Trucking and its employees donated over 6 pallets of food items totaling more than 3500 lbs. Employees had a chance to bring in food items from home, adding to the total donation. GTI then assembled a wide range of goods that had been turned away from their regular customers.

"The donations put together by Gordon Trucking have always been top notch", commented John Paulk, Chief Operations Officer of the Emergency Food Network. "We are not sure why these items were originally turned away, but they are going to help make the holidays better for someone".

Food isn't the only donation taken by EFN. Other household items such as paper towels, toilet paper and diapers will be received. Mashed potatoes, flour, corn, green beans, crackers, soda, cake mix, cereal, coffee and soup were just some of the many items that made up the 3500 lbs. donated by GTI.

The Emergency Food Network, established in 1982, has a long history with Gordon Trucking and the Transportation Club of Tacoma. EFN is a non-profit organization and early on did not have the resources to pick up large quantities of food donations. Gordon Trucking stepped in and donated the use of their trucks for pick up and delivery of donated items from all over Pierce County.

"It is always easier to do nothing, but Gordon Trucking and the Transportation Club of Tacoma always step up to the challenge", said Paulk. "Their generous contributions are what keep us alive".

The Emergency Food Network is a distribution center that provides food to the many food banks in Pierce County. Each year over 6 million pounds of food will circulate through the distribution center feeding those that are hungry.