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ORGANIZATION: Caring For Friends

  • 8 people are interested

Caring For Friends is a Food Distribution site.
We are volunteer driven. Volunteers sort the food that we receive, such as; canned items, dry items, and frozen.

When food is donated we need volunteers to go through the products and discard any unusable items. Then box and sort like veggies together, dry items together,

This is an 11 am to 3 pm activity.

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About Caring For Friends

Location:

12271 Townsend Road, Philadelphia, PA 19154, US

Mission Statement

Caring for Friends' (formerly known as Aid For Friends) mission is to provide free meals and friendly visiting for frail elderly and disabled homebound persons and provide food for needy families and the homeless in the 5 county Greater Philadelphia area. The goal is to help our homebound "client/friends" maintain their cherished independence by supporting their determination to remain in their own homes for as long as possible and to enhance their quality of life.

Description

Caring For Friends is a charitable non-profit organization that provides seven FREE home-cooked dinners weekly, friendly visiting and supplemental outreach services to 1,500 isolated, needy shut-ins, primarily the frail elderly, in the five-county Greater Philadelphia area. We provide food to hundreds of needy people by supplying 130 area food cupboards and pantries with food. We distributed more than 10,000 pound of food every week.

CAUSE AREAS

Community
Hunger
Seniors
Community, Hunger, Seniors

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

12271 Townsend RoadPhiladelphia, PA 19154

(40.10191,-74.98489)
 

SKILLS

GOOD FOR

N/A

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 18
  • Orientation or Training
  • Minimum of 2 hours, preferable is 3 hours
  • Volunteer will be working in a warehouse environment. Comfortable sneakers or shoes, t shirt and jeans, long hair pulled back in a ponytail.

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