“It Takes All of Us”

As Food Bank For New York City’s longest serving food banker, Gil operates a hi-lo at our warehouse — moving pallets, checking every load, making sure nothing slips through. It’s precise work, and he knows exactly why it matters: one mistake in the warehouse means somebody outside doesn’t eat.

Gil grew up knowing what it means to need help, to have nothing to eat — he lived it for years. That’s why every pallet he moves today carries something personal. It’s not just a job to him. It’s thirty-five years of showing up for people who remind him of who he used to be.

Gil doesn’t do it alone — nobody at the warehouse does. It takes the whole team, working together, to make sure the people outside get what they need.

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Transcript:

Gil Llavet, HiLo Operator:

Hi. My name’s Gil. I’m a hi lo operator. I’ve been working for a food bank for New York City for 35 years.

It takes not only me to do this. Everybody in the warehouse, we all get together and do what have to be done. We had to be careful what we’re doing because any mistake that we do, it affects the people outside who need it.

I grew up poor.

I know the meaning of when you need help or you have nothing to eat.

And I went through that.

I went through that for years. And that’s why I appreciate everything what I get and I like to help all the people, because I know