Food For The Poor is launching a new volunteer program in conjunction with National Volunteer Week and just in time for the charity’s first community-wide packing event on Saturday, April 30.
Hearts United Community Day will bring together volunteers from churches, businesses and schools to pack hygiene items into disaster relief kits and sort donations.
Each year, the charity prepositions relief kits to help countries and in-country partners rapidly respond to disasters such as hurricanes or earthquakes. This year, kits will be sent to Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, St. Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago, as well as kept on hand if a disaster hits the United States.
The packing sessions will be from 9 to 10:30 a.m., 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 30, at the charity’s warehouse, 6401 Lyons Road, Coconut Creek. Volunteers in the warehouse must be 18, but there are other ways for younger family members to help, either by hosting a collection drive or dropping off goods on the day of the event.
For FFTP’s Hearts United Community Day, groups also are encouraged to host their own collection drives and drop off their items on April 30. Items needed include baby diapers, baby wipes, feminine hygiene pads, paper towels, toilet paper and trash bags.
Cash donations also are needed to furnish the items for the kits. To donate, text Hearts1 to 51555, or go to www.FoodForThePoor.org/heartsunited.
For more information about Hearts United Community Day, go to www.FoodForThePoor.org/heartsunited
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