Help Feed Kids in Portland, Oregon!

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When school dismisses on Friday, nearly 13 million children will leave their classrooms, uncertain whether they will have enough food to eat that weekend. One in five American children faces food insecurity - more than the populations of New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago combined. During the week, most of these children depend on the federal free and reduced meal program at their school. Sometimes the meals at schools are the only ones they get. When school closes its doors on Friday, many children go home to empty cupboards and hunger pangs for 65 hours until they return to school on Monday. Who will feed the kids this weekend?

We will! Due to the dedication of our volunteers throughout the country, children living with food insecurity will benefit from more than 3 million hunger-free weekends this school year.

We seek a volunteer program coordinator to lead the Blessings in a Backpack program in Portland, Oregon. The current volunteer is stepping down from her role, and we are looking for a replacement for the upcoming school year.

The volunteer program coordinator's role is to ensure children in the program at Whitman Elementary receive weekend food bags each Friday during the school year.

Responsibilities:

• Recruit a volunteer team to assist with program operations
• Raise awareness about childhood hunger in your community
• Fundraise to support the program
• Order weekend food packs to distibute to kids
• Collaborate with schools, community partners, volunteers, and donors to ensure the success of the program

The current program coordinator is willing to train incomings program coordinators and share best practices, contacts, and files.