- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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11 people are interested
Unbox/ Unwrap Food
ORGANIZATION: The Children's Hunger Project
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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11 people are interested
We receive cases of shelf stable food. The food needs to be unboxed and stacked, cans need the bar codes marked thru.
Requires standing and moving about on a tile floor. The heaviest item weighs just a couple pounds.
Our building is air conditioned.
Help needed select Monday-Wednesday's during regular business hours. Call or email to confirm the office schedule before coming.
You can work alone or bring a friend or a group.
More opportunities with The Children's Hunger Project
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About The Children's Hunger Project
Location:
1855 WEST KING ST, COCOA, FL 32926, US
Mission Statement
We see a hungry kid. We buy food. We feed the kid. The Children's Hunger receives funding from corporate and individual donations of money, grants, and food donations appropriate for our efforts. We are governed by an independent, volunteer Board of Directors from all walks of life. Only by being attentive in the classroom can children absorb knowledge properly. A hungry child is less likely to do either one. A hungry child will, more than likely, grow up to be an adult dependent on society at worst or less successful in life as she or he could be at best. The Children's Hunger Project addresses this at the elementary school level. We have an uncompromising determination to achieve excellence as determined by the number of children we help to avoid hunger. We make unusual efforts to identify & recruit volunteers that are the very best for each job. Our goal is simply to feed every hungry and undernourished elementary school age child in Brevard County.
Description
Over 50% of Brevard County students participate in the free/reduced-price lunch program in Brevard Public Schools. Some local elementary schools have more than 80% of their kids on the program with many at risk of hunger and malnutrition. The free and reduced-price lunch program is the key indicator of hunger risk, poverty,and malnutrition in a geographic area.
Here is how our program works: Each Friday, kids who we can afford to help get food to carry home in their backpack. Food items include, for example, ravioli, milk, juice, applesauce, raisins, cereal and other shelf-stable foods.
This kid-friendly food is lightweight and easy for the kids to handle - no cooking required. On Monday the kids return to school with a better and healthier foundation for learning.
At least on weekends, "our" kids have basic nutrition.
Schools provide a free breakfast plus a healthy lunch.
However, many children who are eligible for a free lunch at school are going hungry on weekends, nearly 70 hours at risk of weekend hunger.
The Children's Hunger Project addresses the issue with food packages. These food packages provide the foundation for learning and proper cognitive development of the brain.
Learn more at: thechildrenshungerproject.org
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1855 West King StreetCocoa, FL 32926
DATE POSTED
February 15, 2017
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 15
- 2-4 hours
- Need to be on time. Dress comfortably and wear closed toe shoes.