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29 people are interested
Olympia Food Pantry Volunteer
ORGANIZATION: Thurston County Food Bank
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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29 people are interested
Are you looking for an opportunity to make a positive impact on your community? At the Thurston County Food Bank, our mission is to eliminate hunger within our community, in the spirit of neighbor helping neighbor. We currently provide groceries to about 6,000 families a month throughout Thurston County! Getting all of the food off our shelves and onto the dinner table requires a tremendous amount of labor. That’s where our incredible network of dedicated volunteers comes in! We are always looking for more volunteers to help us receive, process, and distribute food to the hundreds of households we support on every day of service.
Located at 220 Thurston Ave NE, in the heart of Downtown Olympia, the Thurston County Food Bank’s Olympia Pantry hosts three weekly food distribution days every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
At our Olympia Food Pantry volunteers:
- Set up a welcoming, shopping-like experience for our clients
- Process and sort produce, bread, and other foodstuffs
- Staff tables for food distribution for our clients
- Clean and organize our working space
To begin volunteering, please fill out an application online: https://thurston-county-food-bank.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/ . At the top of the page click "Apply now". There you can fill out a volunteer application. After you fill out your application, you may visit the same link to sign up for shifts which come twice a day, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, from 7:45am-12pm and 11:45am-4pm.
If you have further questions, please contact our volunteer coordinators at volunteers@tcfb.org or via phone at 360-352-8597 Extension 207.
2 Shifts
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morning /
07:45 AM to 11:45 AM PST
Morning shifts are 7:45am - noon, every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
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afternoon /
12:00 PM to 04:00 PM PST
Afternoon shift are noon - 4:00pm, every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- NONE OF THESE TIMES WORK FOR ME, BUT I CAN STILL HELP
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About Thurston County Food Bank
Location:
PO Box 11549, Olympia, WA 98508, US
Mission Statement
Our mission is to eliminate hunger within our community, in the spirit of neighbor helping neighbor.
Description
It is the mission of the Thurston County Food Bank to eliminate hunger within our community with a strategy of neighbor helping neighbor. Our service area includes the urban core of Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater, their surrounding growth areas, under-served parts of Thurston County as well as support to our partners in Lewis, Mason and Kitsap Counties. Our core philosophies are eliminating access barriers, prioritizing health and children, rescuing good food from going to waste and partnership and collaboration. Through our two pantries, downtown Olympia and Lacey, Satellite program partners, Home Delivery to seniors, Mobile program and community collaborations we endeavor to provide healthy and nutritious fresh, frozen and shelf-stable food to those experiencing food insecurity.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
220 Thurston Avenue NortheastOlympia, WA 98501
DATE POSTED
September 16, 2024
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Public Groups
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 12