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Assembling food packages for Senior Program

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ORGANIZATION: Shared Harvest Foodbank, Inc.

  • A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
  • 121 people are interested

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with Shared Harvest. For more information or to register to volunteer, please visit our website, www.sharedharvest.org

This activity is an assembly line of packing boxes. Each person will take 1-2 items to pack in the box down the line for our Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP). We will play music and make it fun; the 2 hours will fly by fast! We will box up as many pallets of Senior boxes as we can. This is a great event to sign up your Group or Corp. Team. We can accommodate groups of up to 15 for this activity right now.

CSFP provides nutritious supplemental food for persons who are over 60 years old, residing in Butler, Darke, Miami, Preble and Warren Counties and whose income is at or below 130% of the poverty level. We distribute 1,200 boxes each month containing 21 to 25 food items. This project's average recipient is 73 years old and tries to live on $800 a month. They depend on this box of food to help them afford to live independently and with dignity. Volunteers will pack boxes of food in preparation for monthly orders.

*Please note that we pack senior boxes based on inventory in our Distribution Center. We typically do this at the beginning of the month until we run out of supplies, then we switch to a different activity. If you would like to do this activity specifically, make sure you book your event the 1st week of the month.

2 Shifts

  • morning / 09:00 AM to 11:00 AM
    Mondays and Thursdays- as needed (may be another task)
  • afternoon / 12:30 PM to 02:30 PM
    Wednesdays as needed
  • NONE OF THESE TIMES WORK FOR ME, BUT I CAN STILL HELP
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About Shared Harvest Foodbank, Inc.

Location:

5901 Dixie Highway, Fairfield, OH 45014, US

Mission Statement

To find, rescue and distribute food to people living in poverty through an efficient network uniting the public and private sectors; To raise awareness of the impact of poverty.

Description

Founded in 1983, Shared Harvest Foodbank collects, warehouses, transports and distributes contributions of wholesome surplus food and other grocery style products to 100+ food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters and similar non profits in Butler, Warren, Preble, Darke and Miami counties which provide either hot meals or bags of groceries to people in need.

In addition, Shared Harvest distributes 35 pound boxes of food to over 1,700 senior citizens each month in Butler, Warren, Preble, Darke & Miami counties; distributes child friendly, nutritious foods each Friday to 3,400 Butler, Warren, Miami and Darke County elementary students identified as nutritionally at risk providing food for them over the weekends; and administers USDA’s Emergency Food Assistance Program for four sister Foodbank’s serving an additional 26 Ohio counties.

CAUSE AREAS

Community
Hunger
Seniors
Community, Hunger, Seniors

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.
This opportunity has 2 shifts

WHERE

5901 Dixie HighwayFairfield, OH 45014

(39.32783,-84.5161)
 

DATE POSTED

January 16, 2023

SKILLS

  • Resource Development / Management
  • CSR / Volunteer Coordination
  • Food Delivery / Distribution
  • People Skills
  • Relationship Building

GOOD FOR

  • Teens
  • People 55+
  • Group

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 18
  • Orientation or Training
  • two to three hour shifts
  • Able to stand/walk for long periods of time, lift up to 20 pounds, no open toed shoes.

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