We are a
member agency
of the
Centre County United Way
Volunteering at the Food Bank
2007 Volunteer of the Year - Mary Jane Brune
Mary Jane has supervised our student volunteer groups for 8 years. She is also our Trash to Treasures supervisor, overseeing the sorting of these donations. Mary Jane remains focused, although the sorters can swarm like locusts, if you can imagine 20 or more high school students helping out!
Mary Jane also lends her expertise on various committees and helps out every Friday morning to prepare for clients.
Thanks to volunteers like Mary Jane - the Food Bank is able to continue the level of service that has come to be appreciated by our clients.
Congratulations Mary Jane!! Keep up the good work!
Employees from the Payless Shoes stores: Ryan Clark, State College; Chris DiCriscio, Monroeville; John Hopkins, Altoona volunteer periodically at the Food Bank. Most recently, they helped install new shelving in our storage space.
Volunteers are the backbone of our operations, and typically provide over 6000 volunteer hours helping the Food Bank! Both groups and individuals volunteer to keep our shelves stocked and bags packed. Some groups decide to volunteer together, usually once a month during non-service hours. Youth groups from the Latter Day Saints volunteer the first and third Tuesday of the month. A men’s prayer group from Trinity Lutheran volunteer the second Thursday of the month. Groups sort through donations and pack bags for client distribution. Service groups help us greatly to keep up with the needs of Centre citizens and they derive the satisfaction of serving the community together. Thanks to all our volunteers without whom we could not fulfill our mission of providing food assistance to families in need.
Did you know... there are an average of 50 individuals who volunteer at the Food Bank on a regular basis?
Volunteers from Penn State's Law School help sort and organize donations from the Scouting for Food Drive.
Anyone interested in volunteering should call the Food Bank at 234-2310 and ask to speak with Ernest Boyd.
There are many, many ways that individuals and groups have helped the Food Bank. Here are some ideas for ways you can help out, too!
Help
at the Food Bank
- fill grocery orders during regular service hours
- prepack grocery bags
- rotate supplies
- sort and shelve donations
- unload trucks
- help during special food drives
- pick up donations from local businesses
- assist with mass mailings
- Make "Birthday Bags"--Decorate paper bags with fun birthday greetings, ribbons, glitter, etc. then fill with a cake mix, can of frosting, candles, and a small toy or two for a young child.
- Turn a party into a charitable event--Ask your guests to bring a canned good as their entrance "ticket."
- Work toward scouting achievement awards
- Earn community service hours toward high school graduation, or for your fraternity, sorority, or other service organization
- Hold a food drive
- Hold a clothing drive
- Help with our recycling needs
- Unload food deliveries
- Paint/clean our office spaces
Copyright © 2003
Food
Bank of the State College Area, Inc.
276 West Hamilton Avenue
State College, PA 16801
(814) 234-2310
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page was last modified on
March 28, 2008
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