VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. – Volunteers with Shop Ahoy are in a hurry getting groceries in the Ventura area.
“It’s kind of crazy busy I have questions that I’ve got to ask the people to take the order,” said volunteer Sally Brownlow of Shop Ahoy.
“Oh, we got cottage cheese, and bread and wine and water and we have a little bit of everything,” said volunnteer Judy Sutton of Shop Ahoy.
But the groceries are not for themselves.
They’re shopping for homebound seniors throughout Ventura County.
“We want to stay at our home, and this allows seniors to do that, so stay in their own home where they’re comfortable with their things and you know as long as they can function on their own and we’re gonna be there to help them,” said organizer Valerie Shackelford of Shop Ahoy.
Once they’re finished shopping, the Shop Ahoy team then delivers the groceries to its clients throughout the county.
“Been coming for 5 years and I Continue to do so it’s a great way to help people that are unable to shop for themselves and besides that I have met Friend and we’ve all become quite a family here. There’s several of us that do this weekly,” said volunteer Angie Marchbanks of Shop Ahoy,” said Sutton.