Hunger Hero's: Donation Sorting & Packing

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ORGANIZATION: Goodman Community Center

Summer can be a carefree time, but not for everyone. Many parents struggle to provide their children with three square meals when they are out of school. We think too many children - one in nine kids in Dane County - worry about having enough food. That means at least three children in every classroom don’t know where their next meal is coming from.

This summer, Goodman Community Center and News 3 want to change that, but we’ll need your help. Our goal is to send a bag of groceries home with 300 food-insecure children and families enrolled in Goodman Community Center’s summer programs every Friday this summer. Together, we’ll provide 12,000 simple, but nutritious meals!

Volunteer Opportunities

Donation Sorting: Help unload and organize the food donations that will make up our food bags. Volunteers will be lifting, carrying, and sorting food products throughout their shifts, some work may involve being outside Ages 8+ (must volunteer with an adult).
  • Friday, June 29th 5-8 pm
Bag Packing: When the food is sorted we will be packing the food bags with various items to support our families throughout the week. Volunteers will be lifting and carrying items weighing up to 20 lbs. Ages 8+ (must volunteer with an adult)
  • Saturday, June 30th 8:45 am - 11 am
  • Saturday, June 30th 10:45 am - 1 pm
We will also be holding Food Drives between June 22nd - 30th to raise awareness of the program and collect for donations to support the event.

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About Goodman Community Center

Location:

149 Waubesa St, Madison, WI 53704, US

Mission Statement

Our Mission: The Goodman Community Center strengthens lives and secure futures. Our Vision: A community that’s thriving because everyone is valued and has the resources they need to be successful. Our Values: GCC is committed to creating and maintaining a community that respects and values diverse life experiences. Everyone deserves respect and acceptance without bias. We engage the perspectives and voices of our community and ensure they are reflected in our culture.

Description

The Goodman Community Center is not your average community center. As I get to talking with people about Goodman, they inevitably end up surprised. They’re surprised by how many programs and resources we offer, how beautiful our facilities are, or how many people we serve. Every year more than 30,000 people use the Center - some who come to one event, others who are very familiar faces here.

Thanks to our generous community, we just built and moved into a second beautiful facility across the street, the Brassworks building. We’re now reconfiguring and refreshing the Center’s first home on Waubesa Street, the Ironworks building. During this past ten years, we’ve nearly doubled in size.

Our staff are committed to learning and continually improving, too. That’s why each program uses a variety of tools to measure impacts for both the program overall, and for each individual participant. We use that data to constantly fine-tune what we do - and how we do it.

We’re glad Goodman is one of many organizations in the Madison area who are pouring themselves into making our community great - for us all. We hope you’ll join us. Because we know that every good thing that happens here is made possible by people like you.

CAUSE AREAS

Children & Youth
Community
Hunger
Children & Youth, Community, Hunger

WHEN

Thu Jun 28, 2018 - Sat Jun 30, 2018

WHERE

149 Waubesa StMadison, WI 53704

(43.096725,-89.343666)
 

DATE POSTED

July 27, 2018

SKILLS

GOOD FOR

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • People 55+
  • Group

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 8

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