Hoosier Hills Volunteer Opportunities

HAPPY 2008!! With the turn of the New Year a slew of exciting things are
happening at the food bank for YOU to get involved in:

Monday, January 21, 2008 is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - a Day not
to take Off, but to make a Day On of service. At the Hoosier Hills Food
Bank, we will be preparing for our Live from Bloomington spring food
drive by folding and labeling the paper bags that will be inserted into
the Herald Times. All ages are welcome and children are asked to
decorate the bags with messages about hunger. Organize your family,
neighbors, church group, student group, dorm hall, or just your self to
help us out anytime between 9:30am and 5pm.

Saturday, January 26, 2008: If the weekend suites you better, organize a
team to compete in the Block Walk Challenge from noon to 3pm the
Saturday following MLK Day. Each team will be assigned a neighborhood to
go door-to-door offering information about local hunger issues and
asking for food donations. The group with the greatest pounds of food
collected will be the winner (and receive a modest prize)!! Sign up your
team TODAY!

Sunday, February 17, 2008 is the 14th Annual Soup Bowl Benefit beginning
at 5pm. To participate in the Soup Bowl, tickets are $25 and on sale at
Hoosier Hills Food Bank, Yarns Unlimited, and all Bloomingfood
locations. A ticket gets you a hand-crafted bowl to keep made and glazed
by a local artisan, samples of soups made by local restaurants, great
company and international music. We are in need of loyal and
enthusiastic volunteers to help before, during, and after the event.
Contact Kim for the details of the shifts.

We still need groups for spring semester Repack sessions. During Repack
we package prepared food that has been donated by local restaurants and
cafeterias. Repack occurs every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evening
beginning at 5:30, 6, or 6:30 depending on the day (see the full January
and February schedule at www.hhfoodbank.org/volunteer_schedule). Groups
are welcome to help out for one night, or can sign up for a once-a-month
commitment (i.e. every first Friday of the month or third Monday of the
month). A group of five to ten individuals packing one to two hours a
month can help us offer hundreds of pounds of food to people in need!!
Individuals are also welcome.

Dates we need to fill:

Monday, January 14 @ 6pm Friday, February 1 @ 6pm
Monday, March 3 @ 6:30pm

Friday, January 18 @ 5:30pm Monday, February 4 @ 6:30pm
Friday, March 7 @ 6pm

Wednesday, January 23 @ 6pm Friday, February 15 @ 5:30pm
Monday, March 10 @ 6pm

Friday, January 25 @ 5:30pm Friday, February 22 @ 5:30pm
Wednesday, March 12 @ 6pm

Monday, January 28 @ 5:30pm Monday, February 25 @ 5:30pm
Friday, March 21 @ 5:30pm

Wednesday, January 30 @ 5:30pm Wednesday, February 27 @ 6pm
Monday, March 24 @ 5:30pm

Friday,
February 29 @ 5:30pm Wednesday, March 26 @ 6pm


To sign up or obtain further details about any of the above events,
please contact KIM at 334-8374 or email her at volunteer@hhfoodbank.org
Also, see the attachment for the newest Repacker's Digest - the January/February volunteer newsletter for Hoosier Hills Food Bank.