A pair of Pittsburgh podcasters are giving back this Thanksgiving season.
John Chamberlin and Rachel Rennebeck of the “YaJagoff” podcast volunteered to help Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank and the KDKA-TV Turkey Fund, helping a KDKA team sort and bag 4,500 pounds of locally grown apples at the food bank’s repack center in Duquesne.
Chamberlin and Rennebeck were guests on this week’s Food Podcast.
“We’ve been fortunate enough to work with a lot of different charities throughout Western Pennsylvania, to be there and have so many passionate people,” Rennebeck said. “It makes you want to do more.”
Repack volunteers help separate the food by category and repackage bulk items in family-sized portions. Food bank vice president Brian Gulish says the food bank has nearly 6,000 active volunteers, and the repack center allows for bigger groups, so local companies get get involved easier.
“When I walked out of there, I’m not done. I feel an attachment,” Chamberlin said. “I want to carry the story on. The operation is a first-class operation as far as how everything goes.”
