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Nevada Volunteers is pleased to feature our great community partners for volunteers to read about. Sometimes it helps to become familiar with an organization through stories like these before you begin volunteering. Please enjoy the current month's feature below.
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Three Square Food Bank, Las Vegas
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Contact: Erica Thompson, Director of Corporate Giving, 702-644-3663, x317 or ethompson@threesquare.org
Patti Johnson, Volunteer Coordinator, 702-644-3663 x355 or pjohnson@threesquare.org
www.threesquare.org/how-to-help/volunteer/
The mission of Three Square is to provide wholesome food to hungry people while passionately pursuing a hunger free community. Three Square is the Las Vegas valley’s food hub; a central location where donated and rescued food can be collected and distributed. We provide bakery, produce, dairy, non-perishable products and ready-to-eat meals to non-profit and faith-based organizations. We also facilitate childhood and senior nutrition programs. We are a place for members of the community to meet, serve and collaborate as part of the food solution. A national model project, Three Square is a community collaborative partnership with the gaming industry, businesses, non-profit agencies, food distributors, UNLV, the CCSD, governmental entities, the media and hundreds of volunteers to efficiently and effectively serve hope to the hungry.
Typical volunteer activities are:
* Sorting and repackaging food at the Food Bank
* Helping out at Special Events like DISH and third-party events
* Administration help with mailings and clerical duties
*Helping to pack bags of food for our “BackPack for Kids Program”.
*Assembling meals for either Kids Cafe or Summer Food Service Program |
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Food Bank of Northern Nevada, Reno, NV
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Contact: Bill Kolton
775-331-3663, x 118
bkolton@fbnn.org
www.fbnn.org/how-you-can-help/volunteer
The mission of The Food Bank of Northern Nevada is to end HUNGER in our region through DIRECT SERVICES, ADVOCACY, OUTREACH and EDUCATION. The Food Bank of Northern Nevada is a regional food distribution and support system serving over 100 partner agencies in Northern Nevada and the Eastern Sierra. The Food Bank of Northern Nevada provides and supports programs including food pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters, after-school programs and Kids Cafe (dinner program), Kids Cafe Summer Meals program, Food Stamp Outreach and much more. Among clients who visit emergency food program sites, 58% are over age 50 and 35% are over age 65. Children are the most vulnerable to hunger; 37% of emergency food recipients are children under the age of 18. Last year the Food Bank of Northern Nevada provided over 4 million meals to low income seniors, children and families. The Food Bank of Northern Nevada is a member of Feeding America ~ The Nation’s Food Bank Network (formerly America's Second Harvest).
Below are a few of the ways volunteers are helping us--
• Packing and Distributing Commodity Supplemental Food Program boxes (Designed to provide support foods to seniors and families with nursing mothers and / or children up to age six). We pack and deliver 2,500 boxes each month to over 40 CSFP sites, mostly at senior centers.
• Office and Clerical assistance--Fold, stuff seal and put postage on letters each. Assist with donor recognition tasks. Provide the necessary labor to accomplish major mailing campaigns.
• Backpacks – for elementary school age students who are “in transition” more commonly known as homeless or in precarious situations. The program provides a backpack of food to the student and their family over the week end when the school’s food service programs are not available. The foods are nutritious, require little preparation.
• Sort and Pack Donated Food and Other Items--The Food Bank of Northern Nevada receives donated items from a variety of sources, including, but not limited to, grocery stores, general merchandise retailers, and warehouse sources. Additionally, food drives are one of the most well known and effective ways we obtain food year round. The two largest food drives are during the holidays and the Mother’s Day weekend Letter Carriers Food Drive. Many businesses, civic and faith – based groups have food drives during the year.
• Packing and Distributing Mobile Pantry Food Bags--Designed to provide support foods to families and individuals, we pack and deliver bags that contain produce, dairy, bread and other nutritious food each month to neighborhood sites.
• General support – If you have a skill, talent or ability and the time to share it with us, it is likely we have a need for it.
• Events Assistance--Volunteers are always needed at Food Bank of Northern Nevada Events. Our annual events include, but are not limited to: Food Bank Concerts, CANstruction, Share Your Christmas Drive-By Food Drive, Macy’s Community Shopping Day, National Hunger Action Month, Food Shows and other miscellaneous events.
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