Virginia Peninsula Foodbank

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Children & Youth
Emergency & Safety
Homeless & Housing
Hunger
Seniors

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2401 Aluminum AvenueHampton, VA 23661 United States

Website:

http://www.hrfoodbank.org

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Coordinate a Food and Fund Drive

Flexible Schedule | Hampton, VA 23661

Food is a basic need, and thousands of families in our community are hungry for help. The Foodbank depends on fundraising events throughout the year to fill our shelves with nutritious food items so that we can provide nourishment to help families across the Greater Peninsula who struggle with hunger live a brighter and healthier life. There are three ways that you can help: - Collect non-perishable food items and/or, - Collect monetary donations, - Have a special event with proceeds benefiting the food bank. A great way to give is to coordinate a food drive at your church, local grocery store, school, business, in your neighborhood to collect food and monetary donation in support of our local hunger relief efforts. Your efforts to coordinate a food and fund drive or a fundraising event makes an enormous difference in the amount of nutritious food that we are able to distribute in our community, transforming lives for those in need. Virginia Peninsula Foodbank provides food assistance to children, seniors, hardworking individuals and veterans living in the cities and counties of Hampton, Newport News, Williamsburg, James City, Gloucester, Mathews, Poquoson, Surry and York. A toolkit with helpful hints and a list of the most needed items will be provided. Food will need to be delivered to the Foodbank upon completion of the food drive. For more information, you can visit www.hrfoodbank.org or email cbosco@hrfoodbank.org.

Date Posted: 2024-10-15
Mobile Food Pantry Distributions Volunteers Needed

Flexible Schedule | Hampton, VA 23661

Mobile Food Pantries--A Great Way to Get Involved What are they? Our Mobile Food Pantry Program takes food directly to over 30 community sites each month, including schools, community centers, churches, senior apartment complexes, and our local VA Medical Center in Newport News and Hampton. We bring USDA/TEFAP commodities, shelf-stable goods, and fresh produce to families, seniors, and veterans so that they will have food to sustain them when their resources are low. How can you help? We need individuals, civic and church groups, and businesses to provide 3-4 volunteer hours at pantry sites to help set up the event, register attendees, distribute food items, assist attendees with transporting food items to their vehicles or residence (on site), and clean up afterwards. What is involved? Our distributions are held each month on a recurring monthly schedule. A Foodbank representative is on site to supervise and coordinate the event. Whether you’re interested in supporting a mobile food pantry once, quarterly, or wish to make a long-term commitment, we’re able to work with you. What Will You Gain? You will see first-hand the faces of our neighbors in need that we assist, representing all walks of life and all ages. Many people don't realize how blessed they are to be able to stop grocery store at any time and purchase food. You are making a difference in our community and helping the Foodbank. What is the next step? Visit https://hrfoodbank.volunteerhub.com/ for our volunteer opportunities. These events are reoccurring and the website will be updated to reflect the new dates available for registering as an individual or a group.

Date Posted: 2024-10-15
Warehouse Opportunities

Flexible Schedule | Hampton, VA 23661

Volunteer opportunities in the warehouse consists of inspecting, sorting and stocking non-perishable canned/dry goods, off loading trucks, logictics assistant, packaging food for the Food for Kids BackPack Program and the monthly Mobile Food Pantries. and other miscellaneous tasks in support of the operation to help feed hungry families in our community. Some lifting, bending, standing required. What is the next step? Visit https://hrfoodbank.volunteerhub.com/ for our volunteer opportunities.

Date Posted: 2024-10-15
Food for Kids BackPack Program

Flexible Schedule | Hampton, VA 23661

The Food For Kids Backpack Program was implemented through partnerships with Title I elementary schools (defined as schools with a population of greater than 50% of the children receiving free or reduced price federal school meals). One in six children are at risk of hunger. Weekly, the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank provides nutritious bags of food for over 1,500 children. Volunteers are needed to pack bags of food with kid friendly, yet nutritious food items for the children to take home on the weekends. Packing 100-200 bags of food will be benefical to the foodbank. This is a great group volunteer project. What is the next step? Visit https://hrfoodbank.volunteerhub.com/ for our volunteer opportunities.

Date Posted: 2024-10-15

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Mission Statement

To distribute food effectively through collaborative efforts that minimize hunger, promote nutrition and encourage self-reliance through education.

Description

Virginia Peninsula Foodbank serve individuals and families who reside in the cities and counties of Hampton, Newport News, York, Poquoson, James City Country, Williamsburg, Gloucester, Mathews, and Surry. The Foodbank is a member of Feeding America, and the Federation of Virginia Food Banks. The Foodbank receives and distributes food in collaboration with over 200 member agencies and programs to include faith based organizations, soup kitchens, food pantries and other organization that share our mission of minimizing hunger. These member agencies do what they do best feed the most vulnerable . . . the hungry.

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by Lisa C. from Suffolk, VA (2021-09-19 17:56:56.0)

Do NOT volunteer on any event supervised by the employee Martha Inge. She treats her volunteers terribly, yells at them, has no problems throwing them away if they don’t do respond exactly the way she wants. I’ve seen her torn on volunteers who were considered her right hand and yell at others with no regards of their feelings. She is a horrible person

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by Jessica M. from Las Cruces, NM (2014-04-16 14:33:18.0)

I volunteered with this organization on and off when my schedule permitted for a few months until I moved. Everyone is so friendly! I always felt respected and valued by this organization. Good organization working to make a difference!!

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by Catherine S. (2012-07-02 12:11:42.0)

There's a lot of people like myself that have been laid off or just looking for work and are trying to find something positive to do until we seek employment.

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