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1 person is interested
Board Members Needed
ORGANIZATION: Second Helping
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1 person is interested
Our board has seven members and we are looking to add two or three more. Please email me if you have a passion for ending food insecurity in our neighborhoods. I can email you requirements. Our board meets once a quarter. Cindy@secondhelpingpa.org
More opportunities with Second Helping
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Second Helping
Location:
1262 Wood Lane, Ste 104, Langhorne, PA 19047, US
Mission Statement
Go green and fight hunger through food recycling. Our goal is to recycle and redistribute perfectly good food to people experiencing hunger in Bucks County and surrounding areas.
Description
Second Helping is a food pantry that assists food insecure clients in the Neshaminy and Pennsbury school districts. We also provide emergency food to anyone outside of the districts. No one is turned away.
Go green and fight hunger through food recycling. In America, 40% of food goes to landfills meanwhile 1 in 6 Americans go hungry! In dollars, we waste 165 billion a year; a 50% increase from 1974! Demand at pantries has been increasing due to working families that were hit hard by the recession. In Bucks County, 1 in 10 residents and 15% of all children are considered food insecure.
We believe that no one should go hungry. No one should have to choose between medication, housing, and putting food on the table.
We seek to collect food from restaurants, caterers, cafeterias, grocery and farm stores. These business throw out food because it is less costly than storing, handling, and shipping it for donation. We help by providing the resources by handling and delivering food to Bucks County pantries. Otherwise, thrown out food goes to the landfill where it decomposes and releases methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1262 Wood LaneSte 104Langhorne, PA 19047
DATE POSTED
December 5, 2017
SKILLS
- Donor Management
- Fundraising
- Grant Writing / Research
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18