Post by blackcrowheart on Jan 3, 2008 15:23:53 GMT -5
SHARE FOOD PROGRAM of PA
www.sharefoodprogram.org/index.htm
Share of PA is a non-profit organization with a
15 member volunteer board of directors.
SHARE is actually owned by the community.
Donations made to SHARE are tax deductible.
Share of PA is not related to any other Share Food Programs
YOU CAN HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO!
What is SHARE and its mission? ê
SHARE (Self-Help and Resource Exchange) is a program where people can purchase a package of food for $18 and 2 hours of community service with a retail value of about $35. The food package contains meat, fresh fruits, vegetables, and staples. SHARE buyers purchase the food from growers, brokers, and packaging plants. The food is not donated, government surplus, or salvage.
SHARE IS UNIQUE: SHARE is for everyone. “If you eat, you qualify”. Everyone in the community can participate. Because it is for everyone, it can help break down barriers that divide people . . . barriers like race, religion, social and economic classes, gender, age, etc. When we break down barriers, we can begin to see each other as real people, and begin to build community and neighborhoods.
SHARE IS COMMUNITY SERVICE: Community service is defined as random acts of kindness, or service to benefit one’s neighbor or community. Anything you do for another person or organization without pay is community service. It might be helping a neighbor, teaching Sunday School, assisting a teacher, delivering meals to the elderly, organizing a group to clean up the neighborhood, setting up a crime watch, helping with scouts or little league, etc.
SHARE IS A PARTNER IN THE COMMUNITY: SHARE operates through Host Organizations. These organizations are churches, community centers, towns, businesses, senior centers, Tenant Councils, etc. Host Organizations have 2 responsibilities. One - registers people for SHARE and offers them ideas about Community Service. The other - sends participants to help bag the food, pick up food on distribution day, and distribute the food to the participants.
IN SUMMARY: SHARE truly is Self-Help and Resource Exchange. It is an opportunity for people to share their gifts with the community and get something in return. For some it may mean stretching their food dollars, and for others it may be the difference whether a family will have food on the table or not.
SHARE’S MISSION STATEMENT
SHARE creates and serves an international network of locally based community organizations engaged in self-help food distribution systems, economic development, community service and educational programs.
SHARE provides resources and technology to build and support self-sustaining community institutions in which all may participate, serve and lead with dignity.
SHARE’S efforts are rooted in response to a spiritual call to social justice.
Who can participate?
SHARE is open to anyone who wishes to participate. If you eat, you qualify! There are no restrictions.
THE SHARE FOOD PACKAGE
AFFORDABLE - The SHARE food package assures top value for the food-buying dollar. SHARE is simply a smart way to save dollars and help the community at the same time.
BASIC – Basic foods and basic packaging are the heart of the SHARE food package. Although it contains some processed foods, the majority of the food package is made up of basic, wholesome foods families’ purchase every month.
CONSISTENT – SHARE delivers fresh, wholesome, healthy foods month after month, year after year. The food package always contains meat, fresh fruits and vegetables; staples items, beans rice, pasts, or cereal; and a few specialty items.
How can I save money on monthly groceries through SHARE?
Here's how:
Register at a neighborhood host site.
Pay just $18.00
Give two hours of volunteer service in the community.
Pick up your SHARE package at your neighborhood host site on a food distribution day.
Receive approximately $35 to $40 worth of quality frozen meats, fresh fruits, vegetables and staple items at 50% savings.
Register for the next month!
What can you do for volunteer service?
Volunteer service is anything you do for another person or organization for which you are not paid. You are probably already doing volunteer service in your community. At SHARE, it all counts!
Here are some ideas:
Cook for a sick neighbor
Help at your local church, school or library
Baby-sit for a friend or neighbor
Volunteer at a homeless shelter, emergency assistance center, nursing home or other non-profit organization
Coach a youth ball team or become a youth leader
Help your SHARE host site with registration, transportation or distribution. Ask your host site coordinator how you can help.
Work at the SHARE warehouse during a bagging week or on food distribution day.
www.sharefoodprogram.org/index.htm
Share of PA is a non-profit organization with a
15 member volunteer board of directors.
SHARE is actually owned by the community.
Donations made to SHARE are tax deductible.
Share of PA is not related to any other Share Food Programs
YOU CAN HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO!
What is SHARE and its mission? ê
SHARE (Self-Help and Resource Exchange) is a program where people can purchase a package of food for $18 and 2 hours of community service with a retail value of about $35. The food package contains meat, fresh fruits, vegetables, and staples. SHARE buyers purchase the food from growers, brokers, and packaging plants. The food is not donated, government surplus, or salvage.
SHARE IS UNIQUE: SHARE is for everyone. “If you eat, you qualify”. Everyone in the community can participate. Because it is for everyone, it can help break down barriers that divide people . . . barriers like race, religion, social and economic classes, gender, age, etc. When we break down barriers, we can begin to see each other as real people, and begin to build community and neighborhoods.
SHARE IS COMMUNITY SERVICE: Community service is defined as random acts of kindness, or service to benefit one’s neighbor or community. Anything you do for another person or organization without pay is community service. It might be helping a neighbor, teaching Sunday School, assisting a teacher, delivering meals to the elderly, organizing a group to clean up the neighborhood, setting up a crime watch, helping with scouts or little league, etc.
SHARE IS A PARTNER IN THE COMMUNITY: SHARE operates through Host Organizations. These organizations are churches, community centers, towns, businesses, senior centers, Tenant Councils, etc. Host Organizations have 2 responsibilities. One - registers people for SHARE and offers them ideas about Community Service. The other - sends participants to help bag the food, pick up food on distribution day, and distribute the food to the participants.
IN SUMMARY: SHARE truly is Self-Help and Resource Exchange. It is an opportunity for people to share their gifts with the community and get something in return. For some it may mean stretching their food dollars, and for others it may be the difference whether a family will have food on the table or not.
SHARE’S MISSION STATEMENT
SHARE creates and serves an international network of locally based community organizations engaged in self-help food distribution systems, economic development, community service and educational programs.
SHARE provides resources and technology to build and support self-sustaining community institutions in which all may participate, serve and lead with dignity.
SHARE’S efforts are rooted in response to a spiritual call to social justice.
Who can participate?
SHARE is open to anyone who wishes to participate. If you eat, you qualify! There are no restrictions.
THE SHARE FOOD PACKAGE
AFFORDABLE - The SHARE food package assures top value for the food-buying dollar. SHARE is simply a smart way to save dollars and help the community at the same time.
BASIC – Basic foods and basic packaging are the heart of the SHARE food package. Although it contains some processed foods, the majority of the food package is made up of basic, wholesome foods families’ purchase every month.
CONSISTENT – SHARE delivers fresh, wholesome, healthy foods month after month, year after year. The food package always contains meat, fresh fruits and vegetables; staples items, beans rice, pasts, or cereal; and a few specialty items.
How can I save money on monthly groceries through SHARE?
Here's how:
Register at a neighborhood host site.
Pay just $18.00
Give two hours of volunteer service in the community.
Pick up your SHARE package at your neighborhood host site on a food distribution day.
Receive approximately $35 to $40 worth of quality frozen meats, fresh fruits, vegetables and staple items at 50% savings.
Register for the next month!
What can you do for volunteer service?
Volunteer service is anything you do for another person or organization for which you are not paid. You are probably already doing volunteer service in your community. At SHARE, it all counts!
Here are some ideas:
Cook for a sick neighbor
Help at your local church, school or library
Baby-sit for a friend or neighbor
Volunteer at a homeless shelter, emergency assistance center, nursing home or other non-profit organization
Coach a youth ball team or become a youth leader
Help your SHARE host site with registration, transportation or distribution. Ask your host site coordinator how you can help.
Work at the SHARE warehouse during a bagging week or on food distribution day.