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CraigsList: Massive sandwich/food bank program in desperate need of help
Reply to: mzemek@hotmail.com
Date: 2005-08-17, 7:43PM PDT
Sacred Heart St. Vincent de Paul is located at 2nd Ave and Warren, just west of the Seattle Center, specifically the Pacific Science Center in the shadows of the Space Needle.
Due to injuries, poor health and general frailty, Sacred Heart's volunteer base--with a median age of over 65 (if not 70)--is shrinking, and this program--which hands out hundreds of sack lunches and thousands of pounds of food each week to homeless street people and low-income neighborhood residents--faces closure by October 15 unless it can obtain a stable and significant new corps of volunteers.
Sacred Heart needs 7-8 people who can reliably and consistently commit to two hours a week. Monday thru Friday, sandwich makers are needed from roughly 630-10. On Monday and Friday only, people are needed to assist with hot food preparation, pastry packaging, and food bank grocery distribution from 8-Noon, in addition to the sandwich program.
Please e-mail me, Matt Zemek, and/or call Sacred Heart's program director, Jim Foskin, for details. Jim's phone number is 283-2104, and he's available to take your call every weekday morning, from 615am-Noon.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you can't volunteer, you can simply make a difference by notifying those you know who either can volunteer (seniors, perhaps) or who NEED to volunteer (kids in need of community service or service learning hours). This idea might be especially relevant for parents of youth in Catholic schools, but it's hardly exclusive. All are welcome to participate.
Thanks!
* this is in or around Seattle Center/Lower Queen Anne
* no -- it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
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Tags: uptown, seattle, communityservice
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