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FREE Nutritious Food - Help Distribute at Mobile Pantry

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ORGANIZATION: Open Door Family Medical Centers Inc

  • A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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Open Door Family Medical Center is partnering with Feeding Westchester to bring a free "market on wheels" to the Port Chester Community. Each month fresh, nutritious food will be provided to those-in-need. The food is set up as a farmer’s market so that people can walk through and select their own food, including fresh protein, dairy, produce and grains!

Volunteers will help set up and distribute food products along with breaking down cardboard boxes.

Location: Open Door Family Medical Center 5 Grace Church St, Port Chester, NY (Mobile Pantry in Parking Lot on Purdy St)

Requirements:

  • Able to lift 20 lbs.
  • Spanish Language Skills beneficial
  • High School Students Welcome!
When:First Saturday of each month - RAIN OR SHINE OR SNOW OR COLD!
October 5th, November 2nd, December 7th

You can sign-up by using the following link:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0449aca82ba6fc1-port1

Volunteers are essential to this event - PLEASE let us know if you can not attend.
For additional information, please contact Jane Levy, Manager of Volunteer Programs: jlevy@odfmc.org.

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About Open Door Family Medical Centers Inc

Location:

165 Main Street, Ossining, NY 10562, US

Mission Statement

Open Door Family Medical Center’s mission has remained consistent since it opened in 1972: to provide high-quality health care that is affordable, accessible and efficient. From prevention and wellness programs to the treatment of diseases, Open Door keeps the families of Westchester, Putnam and Ulster counties healthy and strong, regardless of their ability to pay.

Description

As a pioneer Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), Open Door serves nearly 60,000 individual patients- with more than 40% of patients having no health insurance coverage. Primary care, dental care, behavioral health care, clinical nutrition, wellness programs and chronic disease management are the foundation of Open Door’s clinical programs. For nearly 50 years, Open Door has developed a proven model of cost-effective, preventive care for patients that benefits entire communities. Open Door currently operates health centers in Ossining, Port Chester, Sleepy Hollow, Mount Kisco, Brewster, Mamaroneck, as well as eight School-Based Health Centers in the Ossining and Port Chester school districts, and a comprehensive dental facility in Saugerties. Open Door is accredited by the Joint Commission, recognized by the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA) as a Patient-Centered Medical Home, and recognized as the leading Health Disparities Reducer in NYS by the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA). Open Door achieves clinical results that consistently surpass national benchmarks for patient outcomes related to diabetes management, blood pressure control and asthma, among others.

CAUSE AREAS

Crisis Support
Hunger
Immigrants & Refugees
Crisis Support, Hunger, Immigrants & Refugees

WHEN

Sat Jul 20, 2019 - Sat Dec 07, 2019
11:30 AM - 02:00 PM

WHERE

5 Grace Church StreetPort Chester, NY 10573

(40.99714,-73.66493)
 

SKILLS

  • Food Delivery / Distribution
  • Nutrition
  • Community Outreach

GOOD FOR

  • People 55+
  • Group

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 16
  • 2.5 hours
  • Muscle, Energy and a Smile! Children under 14 with an adult. No children under 14 years of age

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