From the Food Bank of Northern Nevada:
The Food Bank of Northern Nevada is currently recruiting volunteers to help with sorting and packing food to be distributed throughout the region. The organization serves more than 15 million meals to families in need each year throughout northern Nevada and the eastern slope of the Sierra in California. All of the food distributed through the 63,000 square foot facility must be sorted and packed by hand.
The Food Bank offers volunteer sessions Tuesday through Saturday each week.
“Summer is a tough time for us to recruit enough volunteers,” said Cherie Jamason, president and CEO of the Food Bank of Northern Nevada. “People think of volunteering during the holiday season, but we could really use the extra help now to prepare food donations for our partner agencies to distribute to families who are struggling. We are so grateful to those who give their time.”
The average volunteer session is about 2 ½ hours and the work consists of either sorting food drive donations by category and making sure they are not expired, or packing produce into bags for distribution to families. Volunteer sessions are available Tuesday – Thursday: 1:30 p.m. – 4 p.m., and 5:30 p.m. – 8 p.m., Friday: 1:30 –p.m. – 4 p.m. and Saturday: 9 a.m. – 11 am. or 12 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Families with children are welcome to volunteer if the children are ten years of age or older and are accompanied by an adult. The Food Bank requires that volunteers wear closed toe shoes when volunteering in the warehouse.
Signing up to volunteer is easy at fbnn.org. Those who are interested can fill out a volunteer application at fbnn.org, and then they will be able to view available opportunities and sign up online. Volunteers can also sign up by contacting the Food Bank volunteer coordinator, Angie Medina at 775-785-5957 or amedina@fbnn.org.
From the Food Bank of Northern Nevada
