February 1st, 2020 | Volunteering
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FEBRUARY VOLUNTEERING
Share the Love!
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Salutations, Volunteers!
We hope you're staying cozy this winter season! February is here and our hearts are full with our love of volunteering. We have a number of new opportunities but we are always looking or more!
If you, or someone you know works for an organization or event that focuses on food, agriculture, sustainability or the environment and are looking for volunteers please don't hesitate to reach out!
As always, to sign up for an event this month and receive a month of free Garbage to Garden service, RSVP by email, and we will help answer any questions you may have. Remember, events are first-come, first-serve.
Happy Composting,
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Produce Distributions
with the Locker Project
Memorial Middle School
Thursday, February 6, 1:00 – 2:45pm
King Middle School
Thursday, February 13, 2:00 – 3:30pm
Deering High School
Thursday, February 27, 1:30 – 3:00pm
The Locker Project manages food pantries in schools, providing food for children who are food-insecure to take food home with them. Join the Locker Project this month to help distribute fresh produce and non-perishable food items.
Volunteers help arrange produce and groceries on tables, then assist students and parents with bagging the food up to take home. You will be a welcoming presence, making sure people know they are invited to take food. Everyone is invited to bring food home with them. This a great way to de-stigmatize free food distributions, particularly in the case of fresh food that would otherwise get wasted.
Email Steve to RSVP to distribute food with the Locker Project!
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Cultivating Community
Riverton Elementary School
Cultivating Community, partnered with FoodCorps, is looking for volunteers for a recess club at Riverton Elementary School. The club holds cooking and nutrition activities with elementary students. Club dates and times:
Tuesday, February 4 & February 25
11:15am - 12:15pm
Thursday, February 6 & February 27
11:15am - 12:15pm
*Participants must volunteer at a minimum of two clubs!
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Partners for World Health
Partners for World Health collects medical supplies that healthcare facilities in the U.S. are required to discard and ship them to countries in need. In addition, they also organize medical missions to Southeast Asia and Africa for doctors, nurses, and students. Here is a list of some of their needs:
Macrosorting - opening bags and boxes and sorting items into general category bins
Microsorting - further sorting general category bins into bins of more restrictive categories
Counting, bagging, and labeling similar items
Transferring like liquids to create full containers
Creating kits of supplies (respiratory kits, surgical kits, birthing kits, etc.)
Packing, sealing and labeling boxes for shipment
Email Kelsey to Volunteer with Partners For World Health!
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Shovel Snow for the Elderly
Portland Neighborhoods
Volunteers are asked to shovel the steps and a path from the front door to the sidewalk, as well as the sidewalk in front of the property. They are not asked to shovel the entire driveway or clear snow from roofs. The idea is to create a path which allows the senior citizen, emergency response personnel, Meals on Wheels delivery people, mail carriers, and other visitors to get in and out of the house safely. Once a volunteer receives an assignment, they agree to shovel for that same elderly resident (s) after each snowstorm.
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Wayside Food Programs
Salvation Army Dinner
Wayside Food Programs is looking for volunteers to help serve and clean up at two upcoming community dinners!
Tuesday, February 11, 4:00pm-6:30pm
Tuesday, February 18, 4:00pm - 6:30pm
Location: 297 Cumberland Ave, Portland ME
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First Baptist Church of Portland Food Pantry
The First Baptist Church of Portland food pantry serves hundreds of individuals each month by collaborating with local fresh food sources and distributing to families in need. They welcome all who come to serve our neighbors in the Greater Portland area! FBC is currently looking for volunteers who have a heart for ensuring people have enough food to eat and are available on Wednesdays to organize and distribute food and/or break down and clean up.
Wednesdays: 10:30am - 1:30pm
Location: 360 Canco Road, Portland, ME
Email Wanda to volunteer with the FBC Food Pantry!
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Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program
Brunswick, ME
Hungry neighbors in our community need your help to feed their families! Mid Coast Hunger Prevention has a number of initiatives that work to address food insecurity and volunteers place a vital role in fulfilling their mission by preparing meals, distributing groceries, picking up donated food and a variety of other tasks.
This month, MCHPP could use volunteers to help pick up donations, and afternoon volunteers for the food bank & food pantry.
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Volunteering with Preble Street
The mission of Preble Street is to provide accessible barrier-free services to empower people experiencing problems with homelessness, housing, hunger, and poverty, and to advocate for solutions to these problems.
Feed your hungry neighbors! Help serve any of 3 meals a day, 7 days a week at the Preble Street Resource Center Soup Kitchen. Volunteers assist with breakfast, lunch, or dinner, or at the weekly Thursday Food Pantry.
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