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Worcester County Food Bank

Organization: Food Bank
Facility Type: Warehouse
Status: Open

Address:
474 Boston Turnpike Road
Shrewsbury, MA 01545

Region:Eastern
County/Parish:Worcester



Main/General Business Number: 508-842-3663
Main/General Business E-mail Address: (hidden)
Website: http://www.foodbank.org/

Make Checks Payable To: Worcester County Food Bank
Hours: Mon - Fri 8:00 - 4:00






This organization provides Temporary or Permanent Service? Temporary

Notes:

Worcester County Food Bank, Inc.
474 Boston Turnpike
Shrewsbury, MA 01545
Phone: 508-842-3663
Fax: 508-842-7405
Executive Director: Jean G. McMurray
Email: lpaire@secondharvest.org
Web Site: www.foodbank.org
Media Contact: Jean G. McMurray
Title: Executive Director
Phone: 508-842-3663
Email: jmcmurray@secondharvest.org

Population served
Number of counties served: 1
Total pounds of food distributed annually: 5,014,577

Types and number of services agencies distributing food
Emergency: 98
Soup Kitchen: 6
Shelter: 12
Residence: 33
Day Care: 5
Multi-service: 0
Senior: 3
Rehabilitation: 54
Youth Programs: 48
Other Programs: 2

Basic programs being run (i.e. CK, KC, produce, job training)
Basic Food Bank, Food Prep, Produce Prog, Dir Serv, Job Training,
Kids Cafe, Community Kitchen, Salv, Purch, TEFAP, Nutrition
Education, Brown Bag

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Volunteers

The Worcester County Food Bank offers the following volunteer
opportunities to individuals and small groups:

Sorting and inspecting donated food and grocery product

Food drives

Special events as needed

Most of our volunteers help sort donated food and grocery product.
Our volunteers have a direct impact on people who are hungry in
Worcester County. They sort approximately 2 million pounds of
food per year, which is then distributed to emergency-feeding
programs located throughout Worcester County.

We encourage volunteers to come in once a week for 2-3 hours.

The Food Bank is open for volunteering Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 4 PM.

Hours include: Special Saturday hours.

Please contact us at 508-842-3663 to learn about our Saturday hours.

Minimum age for volunteering is 13. Volunteers under 16 years of age must be supervised by an adult.

All volunteers are required to complete an application, participate
in orientation, and schedule hours in advance.

Please contact the Food Bank at info@foodbank.org or 508-842-3663
for more information about volunteering.

If we are unable to accommodate your volunteer needs at the
present time, you may want to refer to the Community Harvest
Project's website: www.fftn.org

All of the produce grown by the Community Harvest Project is donated
to the Worcester County Food Bank for distribution throughout
Worcester County.

We Depend On Volunteers . . . We Depend On You!

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The Worcester County Food Bank works in partnership with non-profit programs located in 60 communities (a network of 216 partner agencies) throughout Worcester County to provide emergency food assistance to individuals and families. To locate a program in your area, please call the Food Bank at 508-842-3663 or go to their website and click on the link "immediate help", upper right. Then choose "program listing". Or just go back and choose "advanced search" above and search this database for listings in your area.

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Created At: Fri Jan 26 07:24:56 +0000 2007
Updated At: Sun Jun 01 16:16:54 +0000 2008
Updated By: LTel


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