This year the cannery will be open to outside charities for 60 days. The rest of the time it is open to church members and other families and to church volunteers who process food for the Mormons' own massive food distribution system. Despite the strong economy, Thiess says demand on the facility rises each year. He attributes this to population growth. But Riesberg says Community Food Share links the rising demand to growing numbers of working poor.
Food usually loses.
That fact isn't lost on Thiess or the hundreds of volunteers who staff the cannery. That this is an age of plenty simply means they should work that much harder. Some people will always be in need. Avalanche Nuggets Rockies College RockyPreps Recreation Snow Rept.