Project Hunger: Volunteer Opportunities in Palm Beach Gardens
by palmbeachgardens, February 18, 2009 | Permalink
There is such a growing need to feed the hungry as we know, and sadly, it’s now more than ever.
Last month we hosted a troop of Girl Scouts and several customer volunteers while they made sandwiches. In one short hour they made over 450 sandwiches for St. Ann’s.
Two years ago in Palm Beach County alone, there were over 1700 registered homeless adults and 1600 registered homeless school children. This number doesn’t include the families who just don’t have the money to feed themselves – which is now becoming even harder. The recent census taken on January 28-29 is expecting these numbers to grow now to be about 14% of the population. Unbelievable.
Our goal at Whole Foods Market in Palm Beach Gardens is to make this a monthly event on the last Thursday of every month. The goal is to provide 750 sandwiches a month to St. Ann’s Place.
If you are able to volunteer 1 hour of your time on our next sandwich making day May 28, please sign up at customer service.
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March 4th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
thanks…i would like to volunteer to help when needed.
May 11th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
I participated in the last volunteer opportunity and it was so rewarding. I also wanted to tell WHOLE FOODS AND THEIR TERRIFIC STAFF how impressed I was with their tremendous contribution of providing the food. I would love to work for such a philantrhopic company in any capacity and it solidifies my belief that you are the best choice when it comes to quality organic food in Palm Beach Gardens. I am always available for such a worthy cause. Please let me know and if any employment opportunities should arise, I am our gal! Touche for being a good citizen WHOLE FOODS!