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HandsOn San Diego is a nonprofit on a mission to make volunteering easier and our communities stronger. Our projects are hand selected to ensure our volunteers have a great experience and truly make a difference.
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*We ask for a one-time registration donation that helps sustain our technology costs, but we never want the donation to prevent anyone from giving back to their community! Individual and Family memberships can be waived during registration. HandsOn San Diego is fiscally sponsored by Mission Edge San Diego, a 501(c)(3) organization.
**Group/Team membership cannot be waived and cannot be used for companies.
***Court-ordered membership is a fee and cannot be waived.
Check out our ongoing projects!
FOOD: Pantry Prep
Volunteers in Porchlight Community Services' pantry will help with unloading, sorting, and organizing food after it's delivered. Porchlight Community Services rescues food from going to waste and offers healthy options for low-income families with strict food restrictions and allergies that are not usually available at food pantries. Project Requirements & Important Notes Attire: Closed-toe shoes and clothes that you don't mind getting dirty. Physical Requirements: Bending, lifting, carry up to 20lbs. Restroom access is only available via stairs. About Porchlight Community Services The mission of the Porchlight Cooperative is to relieve hunger, eliminate waste and increase the self-sufficiency of individuals.
4/30/20 12:00 PM + more
FOOD: Serve Lunch at Father Joe's
Help combat hunger among our homeless neighbors! Father Joe’s Villages staff and volunteers offer more than 1 million meals each year in their dining rooms and the Franklin Antonio Public Lunch Line. Come join Father Joe’s Villages kitchen crew as they help prepare and serve meals to our neighbors living on the streets of our community. Volunteers will be in the kitchen preparing food, setting up the salad bar, serving food 'cafeteria style' and helping in the dining area. As a result, neighbors can focus less on hunger and more on building a brighter future. Project Requirements & Important Notes First Time Volunteers: Please print and sign the following documents: Volunteer Agreement Food Handler Teach and Test Parent Authorization Form (for minors only) **NEW** Registration with Father Joe's Villages: ALL volunteers must be signed up with HandsOn San Diego AND the Father Joe's VolunteerHub site for each shift they attend. If a person is not registered, they will be denied entrance to volunteer. Please follow these steps before the project date: Go to the landing page for HandsOn SD on the Father Joe's VolunteerHub site. Create an account. No join code is needed, click "continue" Complete your application Click "Sign Up" for the same shift date you signed up for with HandsOn SD Arrival: Volunteers can start arriving and signing in at 9:30am but the project will not start until 10:15am. Parking: Please print and display this parking pass on your dashboard in the Father Joe's Villages parking garage. Attire: No tank tops, shorts, or open-toe shoes are allowed. If you do not follow this dress code you will not be able to volunteer. Physical Requirements: Must be able to lift up to 30 lbs. Must be able to stand for at least two hours About Father Joe's Villages As San Diego’s largest homeless services provider, Father Joe’s Villages offers a wide variety of housing and services at several locations. They provide housing, rental assistance, healthcare, food, clothing, education, job training, mental health, addiction treatment and child development in an internationally modeled “one-stop-shop” approach.
4/11/20 10:00 AM + more