Share Food Program leads the fight against food insecurity in the Philadelphia region, by serving an expansive, quality partner network of community-based organizations and school districts engaged in food distribution, education and advocacy. SFP distributes food to hundreds of thousands of neighbors in need each month, over 50% of whom are children and seniors or people with disabilities.
Here's what we'll be doing:
Senior Food Box Program: pack boxes of nutritious food for local seniors that fall below 130% of the poverty line. These boxes are distributed to over 6500 seniors each month across the region.
Share Care Packages: pack boxes of nutritious food for pantry and community partners
Produce Sorting: take donated or rescued fresh produce and prepare them for distribution with their DoorDash Home Deliveries partnership
Car Packing: aid their staff and DoorDash Home Delivery Drivers by packing the cars with the Senior Food Boxes and produce that is being delivered to their program recipients.
Housekeeping: any general cleaning, organizing, or assisting task that supports maintaining the warehouse
What you need to know:
Transit details: On-site parking is available - spaces in Lot A located at the corner of Hunting Park Ave and Henry Ave. There is also on-street parking along Henry Ave. Carpooling and bussing are strongly recommended. Share is accessible through Septa routes 32, R, 1.
Volunteer capacity: 25
Clothing requirements: We are required to wear closed-toed shoes. We will be in an active warehouse, so sneakers/boots are preferred. Softer shoes such as uggs and crocs are not allowed. We encourage you to dress comfortably and appropriately for the weather conditions. If needed, they have masks/gloves available on-site. We encourage you to bring a refillable water bottle.
Minimum age for warehouse volunteers is 13 years old. All volunteers under 17 years old must have a chaperone.
Lifting requirements: You’ll be expected to lift products between 2-35lb boxes/items at a time during the packing process
We'll head to Wissahickon Brewing Company afterwards to celebrate a job well done! It's a chance to get to know the VU Crew and celebrate the good work we're all doing together!