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End Hunger │Brown Bags for Seniors │Need Site Leaders in Santa Maria
ORGANIZATION: Foodbank of Santa Barbara County
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OUR MISSION
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County’s mission is to end hunger and transform the health of Santa Barbara County through good nutrition.
ABOUT THE BROWN BAG PROGRAM
Started in 1983, our Brown Bag Programs for Seniors serves 1,692 very low-income elderly people who struggle to pay for housing, health care, and basic needs on fixed incomes. Twice a month, at 14 Brown Bag distributions throughout the county, the Foodbank provides a grocery bag of nutritious staple foods to seniors.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
We need organized, reliable site leaders for our Brown Bag Program. Site leaders help direct other volunteers and clients. They're in charge of filling out (and help clients fill out) the required USDA paperwork (it's easy!). Ideally, site leaders can lift 40 pounds. This is a long-term, ongoing position.
Site leaders are needed for the following locations:
- Foursquare Church, Santa Maria │1st and 3rd Thursday │ 7:45am-10am
- Vineyard Church, Santa Maria │ 1st and 3rd Thursday │ 9:00am-11am
- Riverview Townhomes, Guadalupe │ 1st and 3rd Fridays │ 7:45-10am
For more information on how you can help, please contact Volunteer Services at volunteersb@foodbanksbc.org or reply to this post.
More opportunities with Foodbank of Santa Barbara County
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Foodbank of Santa Barbara County
Location:
4554 Hollister Ave., Santa Barbara, CA 93110, US
Mission Statement
The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County’s mission is to end hunger and transform the health of Santa Barbara County through good nutrition.
Description
OUR APPROACH
The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County is committed to taking a negative thing - hunger - and through our combined community efforts transforming it into a positive thing - health. This leap forward in health is achieved with three ingredients: food, education and empowerment. The challenges of Hunger, Nutrition and Obesity used to be separate areas dealt with by different approaches and by different agencies and groups. The Foodbank is now tackling all three of these problems at once - through a nationally recognized continuum of programs that provide cradle to graduation intervention in children’s lives.
This builds what we call their food literacy: their ability to look after themselves with food - to budget, shop cook and use food responsibly. If we can transform their relationship to food to being one of using it as a scarce and valuable resource to power their personal health, then that is going to create that tipping point that makes a huge transformation in the health of Santa Barbara County.
By supporting the Foodbank, you are also supporting the good work of
300 agencies and programs countywide.
CAUSE AREAS
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WHERE
FoodBank of Santa Barbara CountySanta Maria, CA 93458
DATE POSTED
July 31, 2017
SKILLS
- Nutrition
- Food Delivery / Distribution
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- 2 hours / twice a month