Fight Hunger! Food Distribution at Daly City Home Delivery Westlake

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ORGANIZATION: Second Harvest of Silicon Valley

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Food Distribution at Lawson Hall
Every Tuesday, from 10:15am - 1:15pm

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(To register, please copy the link below and paste into your browser):
https://www.shfb.org/give-help/volunteer/volcalendar-general/?group_type=individual&job_type=Distribute%20Food&location=0011I00001VCvbGQAT

Everyone should have access to healthy food. Second Harvest provides nutritious groceries and fresh produce at distribution sites throughout Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. These sites are volunteer-run and rely on committed, dedicated volunteers who can support the effort on an ongoing basis. We invite you to join us in providing a warm and welcoming environment for our clients.

Activities could include assisting with set up, unloading and moving food boxes from pallets, loading boxes into the cars of our clients, and site cleanup. This volunteer activity does require some heavy lifting (15-30 lbs.) and regular movement. Volunteers must be willing and able to work with people of different backgrounds and nationalities, exhibit compassion and sensitivity, maintain strict confidentiality of all member and volunteer information, as well as follow all guidelines and instructions provided by the site leader.

Additional information for this shift: This is a 2x/month Walkup Distribution where each family will receive 1 set of food (1 box produce (est 25lbs), 1 box dry/nonperishables, 1 box dairy and 1 frozen protein item (usually chicken) Volunteers will assist with loading food into Community Members carts, Restock sets of food ready for loading, provide traffic control, Hand out information to Community Members, Assist with Registration and provide support with setup, and clean up.

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About Second Harvest of Silicon Valley

Location:

4001 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95134, US

Mission Statement

Lead our community to ensure that anyone who needs a healthy meal can get one.

Description

Second Harvest of Silicon Valley is a private non-profit organization that collects and distributes more than 12 million pounds of food each month. We currently serve an average of over 500,000 individuals each month; 60% are low income families and 20% are seniors. By building collaborative networks, we efficiently distribute food by leveraging donations of money, food and human resources. But we cannot do it alone. We rely upon the energy and commitment of the local community to fight hunger. See more about our efforts at www.shfb.org.

CAUSE AREAS

Homeless & Housing
Hunger
Seniors
Homeless & Housing, Hunger, Seniors

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

Lawson Hall111 Lake MercedDaly City, CA 94015

(37.703564,-122.485794)
 

SKILLS

  • Disaster Response
  • Food Delivery / Distribution
  • Spanish
  • Vietnamese
  • People Skills

GOOD FOR

  • Teens
  • People 55+

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 14
  • 3.00 hours

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