Hi Everyone! A high-paced start to the week whisked away the lull of the previous two weeks as food insecurity worsened and more client families needed food pantry boxes. Fortunately, the food pantry partnerships went even better than expected. My weekly food box pickup orders at 12pm each Wednesday with a food pantry partner drastically changed the ease of deliveries to clients. Instead of waiting for one hour each day for 2 or 3 food boxes, I got 5 boxes packed into my car within minutes, which cut down my total time spent delivering boxes by about 5 hours. So, despite having what looked to be a near “chaos week,” similar to the one I had during week 2, the week went by exceptionally smoothly. During my last few weeks at CRIS, we anticipate having an influx of new arrivals, and I look forward to continuing these partnerships and seeing how new ones enhance our work further. I have loved the partnership-building process and am so happy to see the hard work pay off. Hopefully, I can forge more partnerships before my time with CRIS ends.