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Sep 1
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Oct 31
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01:15 PM
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04:00 PM
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Oxnard, CA 93033
Help us run a drive thru pop-up food pantry at College Park. We need help setting up, gathering names, placing boxes of food into trunks of cars, traffic control, and breakdown at this site. Placing boxes into the cars is labor intensive - you will either need to be able to pick up a 40lb box or stand for long periods of time. Registration and traffic control is not labor intensive. We rely on your help. Please arrive on-site at the appointed time and day. If you are unavailable to attend, please remove yourself via the cancellation email or text you will receive. as soon as you know you cannot make it. This gives any waiting list volunteers the opportunity to come in. If you are having problems cancelling your shift, please notify volunteer@foodshare.com or call or text 805-290-3479 stating you need to cancel your shift. When: Every Wednesday Volunteer shifts: 1:15PM- 4:00 PM at College Park, 3250 South Rose Ave., Oxnard, CA Parking: Park across the street behind the closed fresh and easy (Corner of Rose and Channel Islands) or street parking on Raider’s way. Do not park in the Channel Islands high school parking lot. Walk across the street and check-in with Christina at the Food Share table. Attire: casual clothing, closed toed shoes. If outside no mask required. Disposable gloves will be provided and required. You MUST be 12 years of age or older to volunteer at a pop-up site. No exceptions. No court/probation service hours will be honored for helping at a pop-up site. Please contact Food Share office. On-site staff contact: Kevin Herold & Christina Forino
Date Posted: Sep 2, 2023
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Flexible Schedule
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Camarillo, CA 93033
Event Description: Help plant/and or harvest farm fresh produce to the hungry in Ventura County. Be one of the first grassroot volunteers in our community to plant produce starters to grow romaine lettuce, iceberg lettuce, cabbage, and cauliflower for our pilot produce program. Each week we plant Tuesday through Thursday (and Friday if needed) and repeat the planting of seedlings for the next four weeks. We would like to have 10 volunteers per day for planting. The week of July 16th we will be harvesting everything and getting 15-20 volunteers per day would be great. We will likely go into September and will know more once we get it all planted. If you can't bend, you can stand and make holes for the planters. This is not an activity for those who have knee or back issues. Shifts: 8am-10am and 9:45am-Noon. Feel free to stay all four hours if you would like to. Attire: Comfortable, layer casual clothing such as shorts and long pants, long sleeves, and a sweatshirt. Wear a hat, sunglasses and gloves (borrow ours if needed). Wear sunscreen. Bring a refillable water bottle. I like having my water pack on me for quick sips of H2O. Please keep hydrated even though you think you are not thirsty, you are! Light snacks and water provided. Portable toilets and handwashing station on-site. Please check out our webpage Farm Share - Food Share of Ventura County We want this program to be as successful as the Orange County food bank's program. Watch this YouTube link for inspiration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tR5GbVI5eU and the news story about it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=936Asao1_Og Check out our Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/FoodShareofVenturaCounty?mibextid=LQQJ4d Check out our YouTube link: https://youtu.be/4r16zjhB9I8 I just really like what the daughter is doing for the community. It is a great thing. -Brooklyn Castillo Just being outside honestly is a great feeling planting food for the community and people in need. -Ryder Curtis I like working the dirt, being close to nature and helping the community. It was a lot of fun we will be back. - Amy Lukas Driving directions to Deardorff Farms, 1200 Wood Road, Camarillo, CA 93033 Look for Food Share Road signs telling you which dirt driveway to turn in. From East on US-101 N From Thousand Oaks Area: Depart US-101 N Exit 52 Santa Rosa Rd toward Pleasant Valley Road Turn left Santa Rosa Road 0.2 miles. Continue onto Pleasant Valley Road 2.1 miles Turn left onto CA-34W/E 5 th street 3.5 miles Turn left onto Wood Road Arrive at 1200 Wood Road, Camarillo, CA 93033 From West on US-101 South from Ventura Area: Depart US-101 S Exit 59for Del Norte Blvd Turn right onto N Del Norte Blvd 1.6 miles. Keep left to continue toward CA-34 E/E 5th St 446 feet Turn left onto CA-34 E/E 5th St 1.8 miles Turn right onto Wood Rd Arrive at 1200 Wood Road, Camarillo, CA 93033 From East (on CA-126 W) from Santa Paula Area: Depart CA-126 Exit Wells Road to Saticoy Turn right on CA-118 S Wells road Continue straight onto Los Angeles Avenue Turn right onto Santa Clara Avenue Continue onto Rice Ave continue until fifth street Turn left onto CA-34 E/E 5th St Arrive at 1200 Wood Road, Camarillo, CA 93033 Parking: Free volunteer parking in dirt lot. Look for Food Share signs. Harvest starts in July 2023!!!! If you are a group of 31 or more please send an email to volunteer@foodshare.com to let us know total number of people and the date you would like to help on the farm. With enough notice we can take up to 50 people at one time. Thank you for being part of an exciting new adventure helping us make this new pilot program a permanent way to get our hungry V.C. residents fresh produce!!!
Date Posted: Jul 16, 2023
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Flexible Schedule
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Oxnard, CA 93036
How to book a group volunteer opportunity with Food Share. All our activities are dependent on inventory of product, staff availability, number of people in your group, space availability, and dates and times you are requesting. No more than thirty people at one time. If your group is larger than 15 people, we will need to split your group into different activities. We will try our very best to accommodate your group to the best of our abilities since the food must go out! All activities get food out to those suffering from food insecurity. Send an email to our Volunteer Department volunteer@foodshare.com answering these questions: How many people are in your group? What date are you requesting? Please provide a couple dates. Tuesday and Thursday mornings are not available. What shift time do you want? morning, afternoon, night? Provide a couple shift times. Tuesday and Thursday mornings are not available. Any limitations or challenges we need to know about? Our greatest group needs are for these activities. Copy and past link into your URL: Oxnard Pop-up Food Distribution College Park http://cerv.is/m?0303gPEWSEi Disaster box packing of the food we hand out at College Park food distribution https://cerv.is/0303ggoH2bC Produce box packing https://cerv.is/0303g9ippvY Thank you for helping your Ventura County Community!
Date Posted: Sep 21, 2023
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Flexible Schedule
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Oxnard, CA 93036
Help to box up healthy produce getting it ready for distribution! When: click here for dates and times https://cerv.is/0303g9ippvY Where: Food Share, 4156 Southbank Road, Oxnard, CA 93036 Attire: Closed toed shoes, layered casual clothing, and name badge. Parking Information: Carpooling greatly encouraged! Free public parking. Please do not park in front of Channel Islands Roofing or Prestige Auto Body. These parking spots need to remain open for their business clients and guests. Park in any open spaces directly in front of Food Share or on the sides of the 4156 Food Share building. You can drive across Lambert and park on the South side of Southbank Road or park on Lambert and walk to the Food Share building. When you all arrive: Enter into Food Share’s 4156 lobby. The 4156 lobby is on your right as you turn onto Southbank Road. Look for the orange awning. Once in the lobby ask for Christina Forino, Director of Volunteer Services. Check in that you arrived for the activity on your mobile device or on the provided computer. The location service must be on in order to sign in via the mobile device. There is also a link in the confirmation email or a text allowing sign up via the mobile phone. The confirmation email goes out two days prior and then if they check the text box next to their cell phone # in their profile they will receive a text reminder one day prior to event date. Sign up here to participate http://cerv.is/m?0303g9ippvY
Date Posted: Aug 17, 2023
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Flexible Schedule
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Oxnard, CA 93030
Help pack food into emergency boxes getting them ready for distribution to those who are in need. No walk-ins. Must sign-up for a spot using Food Share's website link here https://cerv.is/m?0303ggoH2bC (Copy and paste link in your search engine) Off-site location: 521 North Elevar Oxnard, CA 93030 Off of Rice and Camino Del Sol and then a left on Elevar. Parking: NO STREET PARKING! YOU WILL BE TOWED OR TICKETED OR BOTH. Park in any open spaces directly in back of building. The building is a temporary space for Food Share. We rely on your help. Please arrive on-site at the appointed time and day. If you are unavailable to attend, please remove yourself via the cancellation email or text you will receive as soon as you know you cannot make it. This gives any waiting list volunteers the opportunity to come in. If you are having problems cancelling your shift, please notify volunteer@foodshare.com or call or text 805-290-3479 stating you need to cancel your shift. Minimum age 12. Be able to stand for 2-2.5 hours. Be able to safely do repetitive lifting, twisting, and bending. Be able to safely lift and carry filled boxes weighing less than ten pounds and up to thirty-five pounds. (Be aware that at no time will you be asked or required to lift any weight beyond your known or perceived strength levels and capabilities.) Appropriate suggested attire: Masks required regardless of vaccination status. Masks are available on-site if you do not bring your own. We will provide gloves. Closed toed shoes are a must! Layered casual clothing. Anyone wearing flip flops or other inappropriate shoes will not be able to participate. Wearing any type of clothing, shoes or jewelry that may increase the risk of accident or injury on the job is restricted. When you all arrive: On-site contact: Ed. Look for the person in a black or gray Food Share shirt! If you have any questions text Christina 805-236-5254. Enter through the back warehouse door. Once in the building check in that you arrived for the activity on your mobile device or let the staff know if you are having trouble signing-in. The location service must be on to sign in via the mobile device. There is also a link in the confirmation email or a text allowing sign up via the mobile phone. The confirmation email and text goes out one day prior to event date. No court ordered or probation hours accepted for this activity. Contact the volunteer department for more information regarding this type of community service or look at the requirements posted in the volunteer section. Thank you for your support! We could not get through this tough time without you. Here is the Food Share website link to sign up https://cerv.is/m?0303ggoH2bC
Date Posted: Aug 17, 2023
