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22 people are interested
Volunteering with Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennesee
ORGANIZATION: Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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22 people are interested
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee is looking for volunteers to help sort and back food through our many programs. We have our Food Drive where you can sort through food that is collected from the community, we have our Mobile Food Pantry where our staff person needs volunteers to go out with him to help hand out food, carry food for those coming to the sites and to help with distributing the food, Then we have our Food for Kids program where we pack food for approximately 134 school in our area. You can pack food that is delivered to families/individuals in the local community through our Mobile Food Program. You can volunteer as much as 5.5 hours a day to as little as an hour a day. Our volunteer shifts normally run Monday through Friday 9:00 am to 12:00 pm or 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm. We do have one Saturday a month that we have volunteers from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and we have two after hours shifts a month. These are from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. These will depend on the number of volunteers that sign up to volunteer. Please, feel free to contact me if you any questions or to volunteer.
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About Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee
Location:
1020 Jericho Drive, Kingsport, TN 37663, US
Mission Statement
Second Harvest is dedicated to feeding the hungry. The vision is to ensure that people at risk for hunger in Northeast Tennessee always have access to food. The mission is to secure food from national manufacurers, grocers and individuals then redistribute that food to 200 food pantries, soup kitchens, childrens programs and other nonprofit charities that feed the hungry in our region.
Description
The Food Bank has a variety of volunteer needs that relate to our Food for Kids Programs, Warehouse, Mobile Food Pantry,and Senior Grocery Program that helps to serve citizens within 8 neighboring counties in Tennessee.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1020 Jericho DriveKingsport, TN 37663
DATE POSTED
December 26, 2017
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 10
- Orientation or Training
- Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 12:00 & 1:00 pm -3:30 pm
- Please wear closed toed shoes for safety reasons. No food or Drinks are allowed in the warehouse.