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Help us hand out groceries to families in need at Cromer Elementary!Event is ongoing.
Tuesdays, 12:15pm-2:30pm.
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Provide food boxes to families at our outdoor, drive-thru mobile distribution. This is a "no contact" distribution. Volunteers greet clients and place food into cars. Volunteers are required to wear closed-toe shoes. Please park in the school parking lot and look for our truck and food boxes being set up. The driver is not always on time and may be 15 minutes late.
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Help us hand out groceries to families in need at Kinsey Elementary!Event is ongoing.
Tuesdays, 8:45-11:00am
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Help FFFC feed our neighbors in Flagstaff at our outdoor, drive-thru Family Food Box distribution! With the help of volunteers, we are able to give out food to over 200 families per day.
At this distribution, volunteer roles include: loading food into cars, helping with traffic control, gathering client information, & organizing food boxes.
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Help us with our daily, nutritious dinner service!Event is ongoing.
Everyday, 3:00-6:00pm.
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Help with food prep and meal service. Volunteers will help chop produce, cut meat, assemble salads, make sandwiches, and more. If the volunteer group is short for hot meal service, we may ask you to help serve dinner! Volunteers are required to wear closed-toe shoes.
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Help our kitchen crew prep for our nutritious dinner service!Event is ongoing.
Everyday, 10am-12pm
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Prepare healthy meals at our kitchen! Duties include chopping produce, assembling salads, making sandwiches, and more. Volunteers are required to wear closed-toe shoes.
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Help FFFC pack nutritious, beautiful produce boxes!Event is ongoing.
Mon-Fri, 9:00am-12:00pm
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Pack boxes with healthy produce for our food distributions! Requires standing during the entire shift. Volunteers are required to wear closed toe shoes.
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Come help us give out groceries to families in need!Event is ongoing.
Tue - Sat: 8:45am - 11:00 am, 10:45am - 1:00pm
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Provide food boxes to families at our outdoor, drive-thru distribution! This is a "no contact" distribution, where FFFC serves ~150 families a day. Volunteers load carts with groceries and place food into cars. Volunteers are required to wear closed-toe shoes.
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Healthy Waltham (HW) is a community health organization that promotes healthy eating, active living opportunities, and mental wellness for the most vulnerable residents in Waltham--including recent immigrants, low-income seniors and families with young children. You can support their cause by donating to their biweekly food pantry!LOGISTICS: Sign up to schedule a time for goods drop-off. The list of needed items are below:
Cooking oil
Flour
Sugar
Soy sauce
Shelf-stable tofu
Coffee
Tea
Oatmeal
Tuna
Peanut Butter
Paper Goods
Soap
Shampoo
Diapers
About the organization: HW's mission is to remove barriers to access, education and affordability, making healthy living more accessible to those who live and work in our community. In April 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Healthy Waltham immediately pivoted to fight the hunger needs of Waltham’s low-income residents. Today, HW is at the center of the emergency food response in Waltham. The organization has more than quadrupled its food emergency pantry service since then (from serving 400 families once a month pre-COVID to 850 – 950 families per pantry nearly 3-4x/month).
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Our operation is completely volunteer driven through support of our AMAZING volunteer network. Hundreds of volunteers have signed up to deliver care packages full of baby items, pet care necessities, household items, and more!We are in current need of volunteers to help us 1) deliver care items to restaurant workers by car 2) make calls to restaurant workers to provide resources and give updates 3) help assemble care packages at our distribution center 4) moderate our Facebook community based on agreed guidelines 5) research opportunities available for the community
Sign up here! https://pghrestaurantworkersaid.org/volunteer
Help us deliver care packages! Help us deliver care packages to ~100 unemployed & underemployed restaurant families throughout the region. As a delivery volunteer driver, you will arrive at our distro (4610 Liberty Ave 15224) between 12-6 PM Tuesday - Saturday. Our Distribution volunteers and staff will help you load care packages and provide route details. Then you will head to recipient homes and drop off these packages on their porches. Deliveries must remain contactless and social distancing must be maintained. All you need is a car, a mask, and 1 - 2 hours of volunteer time.
Help us make calls to restaurant families! We have plenty of opportunities to help restaurant families remotely through our monthly phone banks. During these phone banks, we check in with restaurant families to make sure they have all the resources they need. Our phone bank team meets virtually and a training will be provided.
Help us create care packages! From Tuesday through Saturday, our Distribution crew creates care packages specific to the needs of restaurant families requesting support. Each day of operation we need at least one volunteer to help us make care packages, bring the care packages down to delivery drivers, and organize any donations provided. Distribution volunteers can arrive at the Distribution Center (4610 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224) anytime between 12-6pm. All volunteers are required to wear a mask, sanitize hands throughout the shift, and maintain social distancing.
Become a Facebook moderator! This is another remote opportunity to help us moderate our Facebook group based on our community guidelines. As a Facebook moderator, you will be responsible for finding local resources to post on our Facebook group specific to helping restaurant families. You will also be responsible for moderating the group to make sure the community is safe and compassionate.
Help us with resource navigation! We are looking for folks to help us research potential resources available in the Allegheny County region helpful for our industry. PRWA has compiled a large resource guide and continues to update the resource guide with more items as needed.
Serve on a committee! We are looking for folks to serve on committees to help compile resources, work on long term programming, help with advocacy efforts, and more. Our current committees are fundraising, advocacy, and distribution. This opportunity is remote and requires 5-10 hours of volunteer time per month.
Please review our Pittsburgh Restaurant Workers Aid Volunteer Protocol: http://bit.ly/volunteerprotocol
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Work alongside our friendly dedicated staff managing food in and out of the warehouse every day - loading vans, taking in deliveries, sorting the recycling, packing bags for delivery to members. The work is physical but enormously satisfying!Opportunity Details
Volunteers assist CFBNJ Staff with distributing food to those in need at a mobile pantry situated at Los Puentes (147 Irving Avenue, Bridgeton) on the first Friday of the month from 9AM-1130AM. We serve approximately 100 families at each distribution. This is an outside distribution, please dress for the weather. Please sign the sign in sheet and write Kohls next to your name.Available Shifts
| Shift Name | Signup Max | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile Food Distribution | 6 | n/a | n/a |