- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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1 person is interested
Stamp Out Hunger Route Volunteer
ORGANIZATION: Harvesters - The Community Food Network
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
-
1 person is interested
The National Association of Letter Carriers, (NALC) hosts the largest one-day food drive in the nation on the second Saturday of May each year. Postal customers will receive a folded grocery bag in their mailbox several days prior to the food drive, inviting them to leave canned goods by their mailbox. Last year in Shawnee County this drive collected nearly 60,000 pounds of food for those in need in our community. This year our goal is 80,000 pounds!
WE NEED YOU! Volunteers are needed to assist the Letter Carriers with this incredible drive. Volunteers will be assigned a Post Office that they will check in and check out from on the day of the food drive. Route volunteers will perform a variety of tasks including:
- Driving rural postal routes and picking up food.
- Assisting the letter carriers by helping unload food from their mail trucks mid-route.
- Following a walking Letter Carrier and helping them collect food.
- Be able to lift 5-10 pounds repeatedly.
- Have access to a vehicle that can safely transport several hundred pounds of food (small truck, van, car with empty trunk).
- North Park - 1410 NW Gage Blvd, Topeka 66618
- North Topeka - 220 NW Lyman Road, Topeka 66608
- Gage Center - 1430 SW Woodhull, Topeka 66604
- Hi-Crest - 2921 SE Adams, Topeka 66605
- Sherwood - 6120 SW 29th Street, Topeka 66614
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About Harvesters - The Community Food Network
Location:
215 SE Quincy Street, Topeka, KS 66603, US
Mission Statement
Harvesters--The Community Food Network feeds hungry people today and works to end hunger tomorrow.
Description
We are a regional food bank serving a 26-county area of northwestern Missouri and northeastern Kansas. Harvesters provides food and related household products to more than 620 not-for-profit agencies including emergency food pantries, community kitchens, homeless shelters, children’s homes and others. We also offer education programs to increase community awareness of hunger and teach about good nutrition.
Harvesters' main facility is located in Kansas City, Missouri at 3801 Topping Ave. Harvesters also operates a second facility in Topeka, Kansas at 215 E. Quincy St.
Harvesters is a certified member of Feeding America, a nationwide network of more than 200 food banks. In 2011 Harvesters was Feeding America’s Food Bank of the Year. We are a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
Harvesters also is one of five regional disaster relief staging sites for Feeding America. We continually store a supply of food, water and cleaning supplies that can be sent to a disaster site on short notice.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Topeka Various Sites215 SE Quincy StreetTopeka, KS 66603
DATE POSTED
February 19, 2019
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Must be at least 8
- 3 hours