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Volunteering in the community is a great way to learn about hunger in your community and help out local nonprofits. Please see below for some opportunities in your area:
Our Daily Bread is looking for volunteers who want to help feed those in need in their community. All of our volunteer opportunities are listed on our website at www.ourdailybreadhammond.org/monthly-serve-opportunities. We are located at 1006 W. Coleman Ave. Hammond, LA. We also have a site at the Kentwood Community Center every 1st Saturday. To sign up, visit www.ourdailybreadhammond.org/volunteer.
Greater Baton Rouge Sort and Repack opportunity M-F from 8 am to Noon and 1 pm to 4 pm, and Saturday from 8 am to noon. Volunteers will sort and categorize all of the non-perishable food items to immediately help those who are hungry! No special training or skills needed; It is a fun and lively environment and great exercise! Closed toe shoes and face masks are required; we provide gloves and practice social distancing. Sign up at volunteer.brfoodbank.org.
Greater Baton Rouge Vince Ferachi Community Garden. Produce from the garden is donated to the individuals and families receiving assistance through the Food Bank. Under the direction of a farmer, volunteers will plant, maintain the garden and harvest the produce depending on the garden schedule.Garden opportunity varies and is Saturday from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. Check for dates at volunteer.brfoodbank.org.
Target Hunger is looking for volunteers to package and distribute food at our weekly Disaster Distributions. The shifts occur at various locations around northeast Houston during the work week from 8am -11:30am.
To sign up, please visit: https://targethunger.dm.networkforgood.com/forms/volunteers For more information, please email Ricky at development@targethunger.org.
Virtual Opportunity: COVID-19 Food Assistance Project – Volunteers are needed to verify emergency food site information across the nation. Many sites have changed operations and hours due to COVID-19, volunteers are ascertaining these changes and updating our database via a survey form. Volunteers should be moderately comfortable using web technology and speaking over the phone. The results are freely available to the public by request, via an electronic mapping tool, and the USDA Hunger Hotline. Having accurate data means a hungry family can find an open pantry near them at any time.
More details and sign up via: www.hungervolunteer.volunteerhub.com
Contact: swinter@hungerfreeamerica.org
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