On Monday, November 23rd, our group visited LSA, an organization with many different branches to it that helps families in poverty. One of their main programs is the advocacy and food pantry, which is where we volunteered. This program provides food to families in poverty and also helps them with other issues they may have such as immigration and more long-term problems that keep people in poverty. There is also the parenting and child development program, the early intervention program, and a nursing and health program.This organization impacted me a lot because I think it is extremely important that they provide help in many different fields and problems that people might have. They don’t just give people food but also help with their health and children and to solve the issues that might keep them in poverty. When we first arrived at the food pantry we sorted food and then the amazing staff explained how their program worked. Each person coming to the pantry had a certain amount of points depending on the size of their family. The food was grouped into the different food groups and each item had a number of points. The person would then choose what they wanted until the amount of points added up to the number they were given. Beforehand, one of the staff members would meet with the person and talk about the other issues they had and would try to help them with this. Ryann, Reggi, Pierre and I would each walk through the pantry with someone and help them pick what food they wanted and help them figure out their points. This was troublesome at times because most of the people who came to the food pantry spoke mostly spanish so it was difficult to communicate at first. The food pantry staff members taught me a few words in spanish such as points, grains, proteins, etc. This really helped with my people skills because although it was hard to talk to the people at times, we always kept smiles on our faces and they were kind and thanked us. After we finished working, we met with Trish Gough, the volunteer coordinator at LSA. We were able to talk with her and she answered many of our questions and provided us with valuable information on our topic. Since our group enjoyed this fieldwork so much, our next steps is to try and organize another fieldwork with them. We would like to work with their programs for children since they are related to our topic. Overall, this fieldwork was very enjoyable and taught us a lot about families in poverty and the problems they face.