Volunteering: Food Bank January 31, 2009

Let's meet-up and volunteer two hours of our day to help the Food Bank of NJ. For this particular event we will be working in the Food Bank warehouse; sorting and re-packing food items, sorting children's clothes for underprivileged kids or re-stocking school supplies in the Kids' Division. The exact activity will be determined the day of the event.

What to BRING:
Food supplies are at an all time low. All volunteers are asked to bring ONE food item.
Most needed is Canned tuna, Peanut butter in plastic jars, Cereal, Hearty soups with protein, Canned meals such as chili, stew or spaghetti o's.

What to wear:
Think comfortable. Jeans, t-shirt and sweatshirt are fine. Dress in layers. No open-toed shoes, sandals or flip flops. Please wear shoes or sneakers. No good jewelry. Please leave all purses, backpacks, I-Pods and other valuables locked in your cars.

Schedule:
11:15 Meet-up with the NJYP volunteer host.
11:30 - 1:30 Volunteer Activity
1:45 Meet for lunch at Comet Pizza or other(optional)

Deposits:
Because the Food Bank is relying on us we are asking that all volunteers put down a FULLY REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT of $8.99. The $8.99 will be returned to all who attend the event. Cancellations will be accepted up until noon on the day before.

RSVP: www.njyp.org

Volunteer Rewards:
Everyone who volunteers will receive 1 month of Premium Membership.
If you are already a Premium Member your expiration date will immediately be extended a full month. So, if you paid for a membership and it expires 1-1-09 we'll change the date to 2-1-09!

Post-Event Meet-up (optional):
Tiffany's Restaurant
1637 Vauxhall Road
Union, NJ 07083

About the Community Food Bank of NJ:
"Using our own fleet of trucks, we pick up large-scale donations from hundreds of corporations in New Jersey. The FoodBank is the state's largest provider of donated groceries to charities, shipping up to 24 million pounds of food annually to 1,500 food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters and other programs in 18 counties. The FoodBank also distributes government-donated U.S. Agriculture Department food product."

NJYP Host:
David S will be hosting.

Directions:
Please use Google maps

Official Website: http://www.NJYP.org