There was no dawdling at the Central Kitsap Food bank on Friday as about two dozen volunteers hustled to fill 450 grocery bags with Thanksgiving goodies.

They formed assembly lines to complete the work over the course of about four hours.

“I just wanted to help the community,” said Marilynn Chong, one of the volunteers. She said she’s donated her time at the food bank several times over the years.

“It gives you a good feeling to help out,” she said.

Dozens of bags covered the floor at any given time. Volunteers walked past the bags and dropped green beans, broth, gravy, Jell-O, pudding, yams, stuffing and cranberries into them as they walked along.

Turkey, ham or chicken would also be given out.

The full bags were rolled shut and placed  into a large container. Then dozens more empty bags were placed onto the floor for the next round.

“The amount of food over here is overwhelming,” said Randy Schroeder, one of eight volunteers with Navy Recruiting Station Bremerton who showed up to help.

According to food bank Executive Director Chris Benson, there is indeed a tremendous amount of food flowing through the facility.

In October, Benson said, 72,000 pounds of food was handed out to 2,516 people in 802 households.

“And that’s just Silverdale,” Benson said. Numbers were  similar at other area food banks.

Food bank clients were to pick up their bags on Nov. 22.