Bill Nance, executive director of Help House, said the food drive wouldn’t have been as successful without the many volunteers. Nance said people helped sort food at the post office’s loading dock and drove routes collecting donated food. Nance said that Oak Harbor’s Help House received about 7,500 pounds of food, a little less than last year. However, Nance said, “That’s OK. We have about a four-month food supply now. I spent all day Monday stocking our warehouse shelves. The tremendous thing this year was the nice even spread of food donated. Besides vegetables, people gave us meat, chili, tuna and what we call ‘top shelf’ foods — Rice-a-Roni and other boxed meals.” Nance added donations from Stamp Out Hunger and other food drives allow Help House to assist all types of people from seniors on a fixed income to single parents to the working poor. Nance said many people would be surprised at how many people on Whidbey “are just making ends meet. A lot of people meet their bills but have no fall-back cash. Then something happens and they are wiped out. We help people like that all the time.”