Meal Packing Outreach Event
This event is a great opportunity for families with kids of all ages to serve together.
Plan to join us on March 20-21 as we assemble thousands of nutrient-rich meals to be distributed to impoverished kids around the world.
Everybody will have the opportunity to sample the food we will be packing. Shift times are listed below. Please indicate your shift preference when you register.
Friday, March 20
Set-Up Team: 1:00pm-3:00pm (only one shift option for this team)
Friday evening shift: 5:45pm-8:00pm
Saturday, March 21
Saturday morning shift: 9:45am-noon
Saturday afternoon shift: 1:45pm - 4:00pm
Clean-Up Team: 4:00pm-6:00pm (only one shift option for this team)
SEE A GREAT VIDEO about this project.
Contact Thish Stage (thish@lighthousehome.org) for more info.
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Move tables, set up equipment, and fill bins with ingredients. We need a few of this team to be able to lift 50-pound bags of rice and lentils.
We need a team of ten volunteers to set up.
Friday, March 20
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Table Captains are responsible for training the volunteers at their tables how to pack the meals at the start of each shift. Table Captains encourage their team and ensure that they have everything they need. Table Captains will be the points of contact for event staff for any needs during the event. Table Captains will clean and prepare their assembly line after each shift. Everybody will have the opportunity to sample the meals we will be packing.
Total needed: 14 volunteers.
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Family-friendly opportunity! 100 people per shift to measure out ingredients, assemble and seal meal packets.
Total needed: 300 volunteers.
Select your preferred shift when you register.
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Greet and register volunteers. Distribute hand sanitizer and hair nets. Direct volunteers to their packing tables. Help with the flow of volunteers, ensuring that each table has approximately 10 packers. Keep packing areas clean during shifts.
Volunteers needed: three per shift.
Select your preferred shift when you register.
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Replenish ingredients throughout your shift, moving ingredients from staging areas to packing tables. Need to be able to lift 50 pounds.
Volunteers needed: three per shift.
Select your preferred shift when you register.
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Move packed boxes from tables to designated pallets. Need to be able to lift 35 pounds. Stack boxes on pallets and wrap for transport.
Volunteers needed: three per shift.
Select your preferred shift when you register.
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Take photos during the event. Video the event.
Volunteers wanted: two per shift.
Please select your preferred shift when you register.
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Prepare meals for our volunteers to sample.
Volunteers needed: two per shift.
Please select your preferred shift when you register.
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Palletize equipment and ingredients, break down tables, sweep floors, and clean up the event spaces.
Volunteers needed: 10.
Saturday, March 21
4:00pm-6:00pm (no other shift options)
Dollar Drive
In the weeks leading up to the Meal Packing Event, we are holding a dollar drive. Envelopes will be available in our Main Building lobby. This drive is for anything paper (dollars and checks). You may also give online. When giving online, be sure to designate your gift: MEAL PACKING.
Funds will go toward the cost of the supplies for the meals and shipping costs. Each dollar pays for approximately three meals.

