- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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41 people are interested
Continual need for Volunteers
ORGANIZATION: Caring For Friends
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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41 people are interested
Prepare an extra meal at home, freeze and take to Aid For Friends meal collection points throughtout the 5 County Philadelphia area. Visitors meet weekly with their assigned Client/Friend and deliver seven frozen dinners and other needs provided by the Aid For Friends orginization. Help with clerical work with, monthly mailings and other tasks performed within the orginizations office. (Call Lynn to learn more or see our web site www.aidforfriends.org)
More opportunities with Caring For Friends
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About Caring For Friends
Location:
12271 Townsend Road, Philadelphia, PA 19154, US
Mission Statement
Caring for Friends' (formerly known as Aid For Friends) mission is to provide free meals and friendly visiting for frail elderly and disabled homebound persons and provide food for needy families and the homeless in the 5 county Greater Philadelphia area. The goal is to help our homebound "client/friends" maintain their cherished independence by supporting their determination to remain in their own homes for as long as possible and to enhance their quality of life.
Description
Caring For Friends is a charitable non-profit organization that provides seven FREE home-cooked dinners weekly, friendly visiting and supplemental outreach services to 1,500 isolated, needy shut-ins, primarily the frail elderly, in the five-county Greater Philadelphia area. We provide food to hundreds of needy people by supplying 130 area food cupboards and pantries with food. We distributed more than 10,000 pound of food every week.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
12271 Townsend RoadPhiladelphia, PA 19154
DATE POSTED
October 4, 2019
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
N/A