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Newberg Free Food Market Volunteer

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ORGANIZATION: Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center

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Help distribute food items at our Newberg Clinic Free Food Market! We are seeking volunteers who are able to unload food items from a truck, pack the food items into individual boxes and bags, and distribute the them to recipients/customers. Spanish bilingual skills are helpful but not required.

The Free Food Market takes place on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month, from 10:00am-1:00pm (volunteer shift is 9:30am-1:30pm)

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About Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center

Location:

PO Box 6149, Aloha, OR 97007, US

Mission Statement

The Mission of the Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center is to provide high-quality, comprehensive and culturally appropriate primary healthcare to the communities of Washington and Yamhill Counties with a special emphasis on migrant and seasonal farmworkers and others with barriers to receiving health care.

Description

In 1975 the Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center was established in memory of six year old Virginia Garcia, who accompanied her farmworker parents from Texas to Oregon to pick strawberries. Virginia Garcia developed an infection from a simple foot wound, and because of a lack of culturally appropriate medical services, she died. Stunned by this tragedy, community leaders joined forces in an unprecedented effort to ensure that such a tragedy would never be repeated.

Since our humble beginning in a three-car garage, Virginia Garcia has continued to provide health care to the medically needy of Washington and Yamhill Counties for over 40 years. It continues to focus on the needs of migrant farmworkers, both through the health center and outreach programs in the migrant camps. The center continues to develop and expand our programs to meet existing and emergent needs. We now serve more than 48,000 patients (1 in every 15 residents) each year from 5 primary care clinics, 6 dental clinics, 6 school-based health centers, a reproductive health clinic, and our mobile clinic.

This is an amazing organization which does great things for the community! Contact us for more information on how YOU can get involved!

CAUSE AREAS

Community
Crisis Support
Hunger
Community, Crisis Support, Hunger

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

2251 East Hancock StreetNewberg, OR 97132

(45.30156,-122.95676)
 

SKILLS

  • Food Delivery / Distribution
  • Organization
  • People Skills

GOOD FOR

  • People 55+

REQUIREMENTS

  • Background Check
  • Must be at least 16
  • Orientation or Training
  • 4-hour shifts
  • should be able to lift approx. 25 lbs

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