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Jun 1
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Aug 30
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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: Registration start at 12:15 (or last car is registered) & help where needed volunteers from 1:15PM- 4:00 PM at College Park, 3250 South Rose Ave., Oxnard, CA Parking: Park across the street behind 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 Volunteer Department at Food Share. volunteer@foodshare.com On-site staff contact: Kevin Herold & Christina Forino
Date Posted: Jun 1, 2022
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Flexible Schedule
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Oxnard, CA 93036
Volunteers will check expiration dates, quality of packing, boxing, and weighing food items getting it ready for our agency distribution. Days and times vary week to week. Maximum amount of people 10. Minimum age requirement is 12 years of age or older. Attire: Closed toed shoes are a must! Layered casual modest clothing. Anyone wearing flip flops or other inappropriate shoes will not be able to participate. All participants must be able to walk, bend and lift boxes of product weighing up to 35 pounds without assistance. All volunteers are required to sign-up on-line via a link your group leader will provide to you. Volunteer orientation is not required for groups. Check in with the Director of Volunteer Services, Christina Forino, in the lobby of the 4156-building asking for the Volunteer Department. Look for the double glass doors under the orange awning. All activities are based upon product availability and may be cancelled if no inventory available or if there are staffing issues. No court/probation hours accepted for this activity. Link to register: https://cerv.is/0303x1124
Date Posted: Apr 27, 2022
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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. What shift time do you want? morning, afternoon, night? Provide a couple shift times. Any limitations or challenges we need to know about? Our greatest group needs are for 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 Thank you for helping your Ventura County Community!
Date Posted: Jun 1, 2022
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Jul 9
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Jul 9
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08:00 AM
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10:00 PM
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SOMIS, CA 93066
Event Description: Join us in picking Valencia oranges from a beautiful private ranch in Somis. This is the 20th year Ingrid and Michael have donated their oranges to Food Share! Thank you so much for your kindness and support of the Ventura County Community. Date: Saturday, July 9, 2022 Time: Shift 1 8am-10am & Shift 2: 10am-Noon What to bring: Water, work gloves, clippers, and a bucket if you have them. What to wear: Hat, long sleeve shirt, work boots or old tennis shoes. Volunteers to follow these instructions: 1-volunteers not to step on sprinklers 2-Pick the darker color (more ripe) oranges 3-Pick from trees outside of the roped off area. 4-Do not pick leaves. Try not to expose pulp. On-site Leader: David Orr davidorr99@gmail.com 805-377-5208 cell Check-in with on-site Food Share contact Christina Forino 805-236-5254 cell
Date Posted: May 19, 2022
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Flexible Schedule
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Oxnard, CA 93036
We are looking for volunteer back-up or on-call truck drivers to drive a box sized U-Haul panel truck on designated routes for food pick-up Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays (rain or shine). Experience driving a box sized U-Haul moving truck or larger required. Drivers pick-up truck at Food Share warehouse and along with a helper, begin route at 7AM returning back to Food Share warehouse at 10AM. Pre-approval and training required prior to starting your driving route. You would go on a ride-a-long with current driver for training. Volunteer should be able to stand, walk, bend, and lift boxes of product, up to 50 lbs. or ask your partner to help you lift anything you feel is too heavy to lift alone. Volunteer driver must be a minimum age of 21 and under the age of 75. Must have valid Class C driver’s license and good driving record. Must have satisfactory DMV driving record with no accidents or moving violations within the last three years. Must be deemed insurable by the Food Share insurance company. Our driver will train you. Sign-up here if you are interested in driving https://cerv.is/0303gNd26gW
Date Posted: May 31, 2022
