LCA Service Club

Location:  Harvesters Kansas City facility, 3801 Topping Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64129

Date:  Thursday, September 15th, 2022

Arrival: 10:15am

Ages: Students and parents, age 8 and up. Up to 25 volunteers can attend.​

Length:  10:30am-12:30pm

Description: The Volunteer Engagement Center is a vital part of Harvesters’ mission to feed hungry people today and work to end hunger tomorrow.  In this area, volunteers sort and repack food, which assists Harvesters in feeding more than 141,500 people each month.  Volunteer tasks are assigned based on product availability and project prioritization.  Opportunities include:

• Sorting and boxing nonperishable food
• Packing fresh produce
• Sorting and boxing bread
• Repacking ready-to-eat food and bulk products-may include refrigerated or meat products
• Packing BackSnack

Harvesters is committed to creating and sustaining a safe environment for its staff, volunteers, and visitors regarding necessary precautions surrounding COVID-19. That said, we rely on Jackson county’s reported level of transmission when declaring times that those within our facilities must wear a mask to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Please be aware that this level of transmission is fluid; therefore, the masking policy at Harvesters will be as well.

To be prepared no matter what the level of community transmission, we encourage all volunteers and visitors to be prepared to wear a mask when coming to our facility to volunteer.

Please review the following information from Harvesters before registering for this event:

The following are important things you need to know about volunteering in our warehouse:

• Children under the age of 8 are not permitted in the warehouse for safety reasons.
• Closed toed shoes are required.
• Volunteers must sign a waiver prior to their volunteer shift.
• Dress casually (jeans and t-shirts, and sweatshirts to layer in the winter)
• Please leave all valuable jewelry at home. This includes rings which may come off in the packing process.
• No food, gum, or drinks are permitted in the warehouse.
• Cell phone usage is not permitted in the warehouse.
• All volunteers must be free of contagious illness (runny nose, colds, the flu, strep throat, etc)

We encourage volunteers to bring donations with them when they volunteer or to donate to our virtual food drive by following this link: http://www.harvesters.org/PlanAFundraiser. Every $1 donated to Harvesters helps provide 3 meals.  September is Hunger Action Month.  We are encouraging volunteers to bring non-perishable orange items, such as carrots, sweet potatoes, and oranges.

Deadline:  Deadline to register for this event is September 12th.