- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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62 people are interested
Kansas City - Sort & Repack
ORGANIZATION: Harvesters - The Community Food Network
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
-
62 people are interested
Volunteers must be 16years or older; closed toe shoes are required.
- All Individuals (regardless of vaccination status): are required to wear masks when at either of our facilities.
- Everyone is expected to wear the mask in a manner that fully covers your nose and mouth. Masks should not be worn below your nose
- Volunteers must not be currently exhibiting any signs of illness.
- Volunteers must NOT have traveled to a location that has been listed to require isolation or quarantine by the states of Kansas and Missouri, or the CDC, in the last 14 days.
- Volunteers must be willing and able to sign a volunteer and visitor waiver upon arrival.
The Volunteer Engagement Center (VEC) is a vital part of Harvesters’ mission to feed hungry people today and work to end hunger tomorrow. In this area, volunteers sort and repack food, which assists Harvesters in feeding more than 141,500 people each month. Volunteer tasks are assigned based on product availability and project prioritization.
Opportunities include:
- Sorting fresh produce
- Sorting and boxing bread
- Packing BackSnack
- Packing Senior Commodity Food Boxes
More opportunities with Harvesters - The Community Food Network
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Harvesters - The Community Food Network
Location:
215 SE Quincy Street, Topeka, KS 66603, US
Mission Statement
Harvesters--The Community Food Network feeds hungry people today and works to end hunger tomorrow.
Description
We are a regional food bank serving a 26-county area of northwestern Missouri and northeastern Kansas. Harvesters provides food and related household products to more than 620 not-for-profit agencies including emergency food pantries, community kitchens, homeless shelters, children’s homes and others. We also offer education programs to increase community awareness of hunger and teach about good nutrition.
Harvesters' main facility is located in Kansas City, Missouri at 3801 Topping Ave. Harvesters also operates a second facility in Topeka, Kansas at 215 E. Quincy St.
Harvesters is a certified member of Feeding America, a nationwide network of more than 200 food banks. In 2011 Harvesters was Feeding America’s Food Bank of the Year. We are a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
Harvesters also is one of five regional disaster relief staging sites for Feeding America. We continually store a supply of food, water and cleaning supplies that can be sent to a disaster site on short notice.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
3801 Topping AvenueKansas City, MO 64129
DATE POSTED
August 17, 2021
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 16
- 2 Hours