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Local Grocery Store Pickup Help for Nonprofit Food program in San Mateo Area

Samaritan House San Mateo
On-site, Volunteer must be in or near San Mateo, CA
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    • Details

    Commitment Details:
    Total time of support can range between 1-1.5 hours. The first time completing a route is generally the longest. Some routes may require two trips depending on car size.
    Recurrence:
    Recurring
    Volunteers Needed:
    10
    Cause Areas:
    Community Development, Hunger, Food Security, Mental Health
    Good For:
    Public Groups, Age 55+
    Participation Requirements:
    Driver’s License
    Age Requirement:
    18+

    Description

    Samaritan House has a food rescue partnership with several grocery stores within the San Mateo/Peninsula. As a volunteer driver, your role would be to drive to an assigned grocery store in the area, collect the donations in you vehicle, and bring them to our main headquarters in San Mateo.

    We are able to utilize these products either to create the hundreds of warm meals that go out every day or to distribute directly to our clients through our drive-through pantry program. The pick-up time is different for every store but it is generally within the timeframe of 8:00am - 10:30am. There are routes that are in need of ongoing, weekly support but if that does not work with your availability we would be happy to add you to our sub list.

    Samaritan House has a food rescue partnership with several grocery stores within the San Mateo/Peninsula. As a volunteer driver, your role would be to drive to an assigned grocery store in the area, collect the donations in you vehicle, and bring them to our main headquarters in San Mateo.

    We are able to utilize these products either to create the hundreds of warm meals that go out every day or to distribute directly to our clients through our drive-through pantry program. The pick-up time is different for every store but it is generally within the timeframe of 8:00am - 10:30am. There are routes that are in need of ongoing, weekly support but if that does not work with your availability we would be happy to add you to our sub list.

    Location

    On-site
    San Mateo, California, US

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