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Volunteer: Food Bank in Hillside

Event Details

Time: January 24, 2015 from 11:15am to 1:30pm
Location: Community Food Bank
Street: 31 Evans Terminal
City/Town: Hillside, NJ
Website or Map: http://www.cfbnj.org/
Event Type: union county, social, community
Organized By: Brian and Mike
Latest Activity: Jan 23, 2015

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Event Description

The Food Bank has canceled this event due to the snow ;( If you happen to know of other GREAT places for GROUPS to volunteer please let us know Laura@NJYP.org

Let's meet-up to help the Food Bank of NJ. As a team we will be working in the Food Bank warehouse: sorting and re-packing food items. After we bond over non-perishables everyone will be encouraged to attend a late lunch at a nearby restaurant.

How to Attend:
You MUST register via Eventbrite, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/volunteer-food-bank-in-hillside-registration-14464548855?ref=ebtn (RSVPing alone is not enough). Deadline to sign-up is 1.23.15

Who Can Attend:
NJYP Members and their guests. You must be 21 to 39 to attend.

What to wear:
Think comfortable. Jeans, t-shirt and sweatshirt are fine. Dress in layers in the winter as it gets COLD inside. No open-toed shoes, sandals or flip flops. Please wear shoes or sneakers. No good jewelry. Please leave all purses, backpacks, iPods and other valuables locked in your cars. Bring work gloves if you desire.

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."

Parking:
Parking is available along the length of the building. Please do not block loading docks of the buildings across the street from the Foodbank; your cars may be towed!

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Comment by Melanie on January 23, 2015 at 3:25pm: Due to the impending storm this event has been canceled.

Comment by Jeremy on January 22, 2015 at 10:22am: thanks Laura

Comment by Brian and Mike on January 21, 2015 at 12:24pm: I'll do it for your Jeremy.

Comment by Jeremy on January 21, 2015 at 11:46am: I will not be making to this event.

How do I release by eventbrite ticket that I reserved?

Comment by Melanie on January 20, 2015 at 1:17pm: Samah - I was just able to sign myself up on the waitlist with no problem. Could you give it another try?

Comment by Samah Juana on January 19, 2015 at 7:28pm: I clicked on the link below but im not able to sign up on the waiting list

Comment by Brian and Mike on January 12, 2015 at 10:14am: Diana - They limit us on the number of volunteers we can bring. But please sign up on the waiting list, there are always cancellations, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/volunteer-food-bank-in-hillside-regist...