Yamaha innovates repacking program to benefit Midwest Food Bank | News

With that in mind, a system was set up to allow Yamaha employees to take in deliveries from the food bank and help process them on-site for further distribution.

Yamaha’s warehouse facility now receives large shipments with a wide variety of bottled or canned drinks that have been donated to Midwest Food Bank from various sources, such as local bottlers as well as individuals and groups around the region.

They are placed in a strategic location at the plant for when employees have unplanned downtime.

Amid its regular daily activities, the Yamaha team works to sort those goods and put the repacked items on pallets in new boxes so Midwest Food Bank representatives could just stop by and pick them up.

This makes the entire process much more productive than if the food bank’s volunteers had to do all of the sorting work at their own facility, according to Broshear. To make the process smooth and safe for Yamaha employees, the company provides the tools needed to get the job done.

There is a process that allows these workers to spend a portion of the regular work day doing something beneficial to the community, something many of them would spend volunteer hours on the weekend doing if necessary, Broshear said.

“We’ve had really positive feedback from the employees I’ve talked to,” Broshear said. “It’s a great opportunity to not only get paid but to also do something that they feel like they’re giving back to the community.”

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