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Manna Food Center Needs Volunteers -- Earn SSL Hours
Manna is desperately in need of volunteers to help at our upcoming county-wide food drives. With the help of over 500 volunteers all across the county, we collected over 43,000 pounds of food over the MLK weekend this past January. With your help, we can do this again so our shelves can be well stocked for the summer months ahead.
Location: Montgomery County Giant Food Stores
We are looking for individuals or groups who can "adopt" a Giant store to help collect food donations.
Volunteers under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Enlist your faith based organization, business, civic organization, sports team, scouting troop, school club or family & friends to come out and help the hungry! Hours will count for Student Service Learning, SSL.
How to Register to Volunteer:
By email: Contact volunteer@mannafood.org and indicate in the subject line: GIANT FOOD DRIVE
By phone: 301-424-1130 and ask for the Volunteer Coordinator
Email or phone...please provide your:
- Group name and/or your name
- Contact phone number
- Store preference/location (& a "2nd choice")
- Date preference (SAT 5/21 or SUN 5/22)
- Preferred Time Options
- Whole Day 11am - 5pm
- AM Shift 11am - 2pm
- PM Shift 2pm - 5pm
We will send you an email confirmation after verifying availability for your preferred store, date, and time.
It's as easy as "1, 2, 3" to volunteer at a food drive...
1. All supplies & materials will be at the Giant store for you.
2. Giant sets aside a volunteer area for you/your group.
3. Manna is picking up the food donations at the conclusion of the food drives.
Volunteer Today &
Help Your Hungry Neighbors
Thank you!
Butterfly Exhibit Volunteer - Brookside Gardens
Brookside Gardens hosts an incredible live butterfly exhibit for several months each year in our conservatory. Included are a number of North American, South American and Asian species in all stages of development and their associated host plants.
Volunteer positions available in the show include: Ticket Taker, Flight Attendant, and Tour Guides. Information Specialists are stationed just outside the exhibit and are responsible for greeting visitors and collecting tickets, introducing visitors to the exhibit rules, and coordinating exhibit entry. Flight Attendants are stationed inside the exhibit and enforce the exhibit rules and show off exhibit highlights. Tour guides take small groups on guided informative walks through the exhibit.
You will be matched with an assignment after talking with the Volunteer Coordinator.
Additional Information
The exhibit runs from May 1 through September 19. We ask volunteers to serve for at least 5 shifts over the course of the exhibit. Each volunteer position has specific requirements, but training is provided for all positions. Student service hours are available.
Location
Brookside Gardens
1500 Glenallan Ave.
Wheaton, MD 20902
Contact: Nancy Traubitz
Phone: 301-962-1429
Email: MCP-GardenVolunteer@montgomeryparks.org
Description:
Olney Farmers and Artists Market (OFAM) Volunteer Assistant
Project Change youth members will staff their own booth to promote Project Change community activities and/or sell items.
Other duties at the market could include:
SET UP DUTIES: help staffers unload cars/trucks, erect tents, attach weights with bungee cords on all four sides of tents, set up OFAM info/sales booth. Place cones & garbage cans around market and put signs up. Set up tables, chairs & umbrellas.
ONGOING DUTIES: (starts when market opens at 9am) Staff OFAM info/sales booth. Sell pickles, peanuts, etc. Make change. Try and answer questions of customers. Staff children?s tent (usually have ongoing activities throughout the day); staff chef?s tent (help chef and OFAM staffer with preparation and distribution). Run errands at the market for OFAM staffers and help out wherever you are needed.
CLOSING DUTIES: Help repack OFAM info/sales booth, children?s booth & chef?s booth and into labeled bins; break down tents and collect bungees & weights; help empty and collect garbage cans; retrieve cones, stack & fold tables, chair and umbrellas; help load items into staff members cars.
Location: Montgomery General Hospital Thrift Shop Grounds 2801 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, MD 20832.
Dates: |
May 08, 2011 - Nov 13, 2011 |
Time of Day: |
Morning , Afternoon |
Week Day(s): |
Sundays |
Hours Needed: |
Flexible |
Time Details: |
8:30am until 12:30pm |
Location: |
Contact Info: |
2801 Olney-Sandy Spring Road
Olney, MD 20830
USA
|
Robyn Holstein-Glass
Executive Director
301-257-4769
info@projectchange-md.org
http://www.projectchange-md.org |
The Interfaith Clothing Center
Want to make a difference and Earn SSL hours?
The Interfaith Clothing Center
751 Twinbrook Parkway
Rockville, MD 20851
Students aged 14 and Up can earn hours on their own.
Students aged 10 – 13 need a parent to serve with them.
***Call Maribel or Arneris at 301-424-3796 to sign up to serve an hour or 2.***
Family Box Packing Days
Manna Food Center Family Volunteer Days are a roaring success. Volunteers gather at the Rockville Manna Food Center warehouse to fill boxes with non-perishable food that are later distributed to clients. This is very hands on and requires physical activity. Volunteers should be age 7 and up.
Space is limited and a confirmed reservation is required. Reservations open on the first of the month before the event, i.e. July 1st for August dates. To reserve a box packing space, email your requested dates to volunteer@mannafood.org along with a phone number and the number of spaces requested.
We have five Family Packing Days each month -
1. First Sunday 3pm
2. Second Thursday 7pm
3. Second Saturday 9am
4. Third Monday 7pm
5. Fourth Thursday 7pm
Manna Food Center
9311 Gaither Road
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
301-424-1130 | info@mannafood.org
Just 2 blocks off of Shady Grove
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