Harvest Mandarins with Foodbank of Santa Barbara County

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ORGANIZATION: Foodbank of Santa Barbara County

Annually, one local orchard is the primary donor of fresh mandarin oranges to the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County. The 2017 donation? In excess of 40,000 pounds! This is a massive source of fresh produce for our community and we can’t harvest without volunteer help. We need your help as we harvest as many mandarin oranges as we can to place in the hands of our community partner agencies, youth education programs and senior brown bag distributions. Come join us outdoors with friends, family, coworkers and more to supply fresh, local produce to our Santa Barbara community.

We have several harvest dates this December. Please register directly on our website here: https://foodbanksbc.volunteerhub.com/lp/southcounty

Please note that the address of the harvest will be shared upon event registration!

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About Foodbank of Santa Barbara County

Location:

4554 Hollister Ave., Santa Barbara, CA 93110, US

Mission Statement

The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County’s mission is to end hunger and transform the health of Santa Barbara County through good nutrition.

Description

OUR APPROACH

The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County is committed to taking a negative thing - hunger - and through our combined community efforts transforming it into a positive thing - health. This leap forward in health is achieved with three ingredients: food, education and empowerment. The challenges of Hunger, Nutrition and Obesity used to be separate areas dealt with by different approaches and by different agencies and groups. The Foodbank is now tackling all three of these problems at once - through a nationally recognized continuum of programs that provide cradle to graduation intervention in children’s lives.

This builds what we call their food literacy: their ability to look after themselves with food - to budget, shop cook and use food responsibly. If we can transform their relationship to food to being one of using it as a scarce and valuable resource to power their personal health, then that is going to create that tipping point that makes a huge transformation in the health of Santa Barbara County.

By supporting the Foodbank, you are also supporting the good work of
300 agencies and programs countywide.

CAUSE AREAS

Community
Environment
Hunger
Community, Environment, Hunger

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

4554 Hollister AvenueSanta Barbara, CA 93110

(34.439266,-119.77738)
 

DATE POSTED

November 30, 2018

SKILLS

GOOD FOR

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Group

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 5
  • 2-3 hours per harvest
  • Must be able to stand, bend, and lift. Children under 14 must be supervised.

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