Helping Hands Food Distribution (Outdoor Event!)

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DateSat, Jul 23, 2022 from 7:30am to 10:45am (ET)
Address999 East Tillman Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46816
Number of Registrants32 out of 32
Registration OpensJanuary 24, 2022 at 6:30am
Registration ClosesJuly 23, 2022 at 6:30am or or when space runs out.
ShiftsNo
Event Description

Helping Hands is an assembly line & drive thru food distribution. There are roles that are inside, outside, and both! There will still be a decent chance you will have some outdoor exposure so please dress appropriately, you can always shed layers!*  This includes hats, gloves, and sunglasses. CHFB is very limited in what we can provide with these items. Thank you! 😎

Saturday Helping Hands is CHFB's primary food distribution volunteer event! We strive to have ~50 volunteers join us each Saturday morning as we distribute thousands of pounds of food to an average amount of 800-1,200 families. The process works like this:

  1. Volunteers and staff work to load food into boxes on our assembly line.
  2. Boxes are lifted into shopping carts.
  3. Carts are pushed outside to staff/volunteers waiting to load the boxes into vehicles.

Staff and volunteers also work to motion cars into place, and direct traffic from surrounding roads. Saturdays are busy but are a surefire way to feed your soul. This distribution makes a massive impact on the families in our nine county service community. Bring your muscles and your dance moves - this is a well paced activity! 

Please arrive at 999 E. Tillman between 7:00 & 7:15 AM. You will need to park in the Fire Police, City County Credit Union, Midwest America Credit Union, or Domino's Pizza parking lots. All of these are directly next to CHFB. 

Enter in through the “Volunteer Entrance” door. Please check in with me, Jamie Resler, at the Volunteer Manager Desk / check-in table set up where you can register your attendance on an iPad (if you registered online) or by using the paper sign-in sheet. On average, Helping Hands finishes early (10-10:30), but every volunteer will receive a minimum of four hours credit for volunteering here.

On the day you volunteer:

Please be aware of the weather forecast and dress accordingly. 😎
Please wear clothing for walking, bending, and reaching. 👕
Please wear closed-toe shoes! This is a must! 👟

We have bottled water on site. 💧

Be ready for a good workout! This is a well-paced physical activity.💪

Valuables are best left locked securely in your vehicles.

Secondary options to help on Saturday are sometimes asked of volunteers. If we have spare hands, we may ask if you'd like to help stock shelves in our on-site food pantry, or decorate bags for our low-income seniors program :) 

We so appreciate your volunteering at the Community Harvest Food Bank. We could not come even close to doing what we are able to do without you. Thank you so much!

Jamie Resler, Volunteer Manager
Community Harvest Food Bank

Location: 999 East Tillman Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46816

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