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Second Harvest Food Bank greatly relies upon the energy and commitment of the local community to fight hunger. Your contributions in any of the following areas will have a significant impact in providing food to the hungry in the counties Second Harvest Food Bank serves. Click here to jump to our most urgent opportunities listed below. Please select from the categories below:
In addition to sorting donated food, volunteers are needed to make 65,000 meal and snack bags for the summer nutrition program for low income children. Approximately 80 partner non-profit agencies provide summer recreational activities and day camps for underserved children. These programs need food to help feed low-income children during the summer when they do not receive free meals through school. The pre-pack breakfasts, lunches and snacks help great programs (such as Boys and Girls Clubs, YMCAs, MACSA, Catholic Charities, and youth centers) get healthy food to vulnerable children during the summer months. Visit www.ShareYourLunch.net for more information on how to support our Children’s Summer Nutrition Program. If you are interested in lending a hand please contact Rita Guntern or Lynn Lovely (details below):
Please be prepared to work shifts in their entirety. Individuals and/or groups may not participate once the volunteer project has started.
Every week in Santa Clara county low-income seniors receive bags of groceries. Help is needed at these Second Harvest Food Bank’s satellite sites listed below with unloading food and setting up for distribution. Please help put smiles on the faces of our seniors by lending a hand. Each site has a particular need. Look for locations that are convenient for you and then contact Christina Castillo, Program Coordinator, to let her know your interest in helping. She will fill you in on the details. Email: ccastillo@shfoodbank.com or phone 408 266-8866 x 224 Thank you so much for being a part of our volunteer network that helps provide to 163,000 individuals every month!!
Help is needed most Mondays through Fridays between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Shift times can be as infrequent as one, four-hour shift per week to as much time as you have to offer. Interested or have questions, please contact Sophia Juarez, Director of Finance at 408 266-8866 x296, or email sjuarez@shfoodbank.com.
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