Thurston County Food Bank will be closed
Monday – Feb. 15, 2021 – in recognition of President’s Day.
PRESIDENT’S DAY CLOSURE
Category Archives: Volunteer
Inclement Weather
Just a friendly reminder – as we are looking down the barrel of an oncoming snow storm – please be safe.
The safety of our clients, volunteers and staff is our #1 concern.
If you find yourself faced with dangerous driving conditions, please stay home until it is safe to drive on the roads.
We will keep Facebook updated as to any delayed distribution times or potential closures.
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THANK YOU for taking care of yourself, your families, and this community – please stay safe.
Help TCFB by filling out your new volunteer application!
TCFB heads into 2021 with new Volunteer Management Software! We are excited to partner with VolunteerLocal to bring new efficiency, accuracy, and streamlined reporting to the management of our many wonderful volunteers.
But we need your help! All new, returning, and current volunteers need to complete a new TCFB volunteer application one time. For more information, please visit our Volunteer Page.
Thanksgiving Closures
Thurston County Food Bank will be closed Thursday and Friday (11/26, 11/27) this week to reflect and rest.
This has been quite a year!
And, through it all, we have so much to be thankful for. To begin with, through all the trials of 2020, we have witnessed firsthand the generosity and kindness of our community coming together to support and care for one another.
What an astounding place this is!!
We hope you and your loved ones are able to enjoy the next several days as you reflect on those around you and all the things you are thankful for.
Wishing you and those close a healthy and safe Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving Meals
We have so much to be thankful for!
We’ve been receiving many questions regarding Thanksgiving food distribution as well as volunteering.
Here are more details for you:
DISTRIBUTION:
We will be distributing pre-built holiday food boxes and a meat option* — IN ADDITION to our regular distribution of pre-build boxes/bags — on Monday (11/23) and Wednesday (11/25) at our Downtown, Olympia Food Pantry, location (220 Thurston Ave. NE, 98516).
This will be drive-up as well as walk-up distribution.
We will be distributing food from 11am – 3pm (last in line) on those two days from the Downtown location.
We, in partnership with St. Martin’s University, will be distributing the same pre-built boxes/bags and meat options* on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving (11/24). |
Distribution will take place in front of the Grand Staircase at St. Martin’s in Lacey (5000 Abbey Way SE, Lacey 98503).
This will be drive-up distribution.
Food will be distributed from 10am – 1pm (last in line) on that Tuesday at St. Martin’s.
* Limit ONE (1) Holiday Box and Turkey (or Chicken) per Household (depending on size) while supplies last
VOLUNTEERING:
In light of COVID, we will not be hosting the giant community Box-Build – we have historically enjoyed the Saturday before Thanksgiving.
We have limited spaces for small groups to help as distribution volunteers the week of Thanksgiving. There are also limited opportunities at our warehouse for individuals and groups to help.
If you’d like more information on volunteering,
please contact Allison Zusi:
gleaning@thurstoncountyfoodbank.org -or- (360)754-5703 x105
VOLUNTEER CALL!
We continue to pack and distributing food – now more than ever!!
With the introduction of Phase 3 in Thurston County, we are seeing many of our Phase 1 & 2 COVID-19 Volunteers go back to work, school and tend to family.
We need your help!
Volunteers are needed for all shifts at both the Warehouse Distribution Center [WDC] – in Tumwater, and the Client Service Center [Olympia Food Pantry] – in Downtown Olympia.
If you are interested in learning more, or are able to help out, please contact Allison to learn more about shifts, locations and other opportunities.
Email: gleaning@thurstoncountyfoodbank.org
Phone: (360) 352-8597 x 105
Calling all “Phase 2” Volunteers
Since Quarantine began, the Thurston County Food Bank has continued to serve our community. As a valuable resource, we not only distribute food items, but we also distribute household and hygiene items during the Other Bank distribution on the second Wednesday of each month. The need for this resource has only grown. We’ve also decentralized our distribution model – meaning we have added “Pop-up” sites across Thurston County to better offer this resource to the community while honoring each individual’s safety and quarantine needs. During Phase 1 and the initial Quarantine time, we met so many wonderful community members who came to volunteer. This includes workers who found themselves now home, students, and the National Guard.
With the start of Phase 2, many of our Phase 1 volunteers have returned to their workplace. This is also true for our National Guard who have moved on to other assignments. This has left us light-handed with volunteers. We continue to serve the community out of the Downtown Client Service Center, thought partners and the community Pop-Ups.
We need Phase 2 help.
If you are interested in lending a hand as our world begins to reintegrate, we would love to talk with you! We need people who are able to help us pack food, move boxes, and help distribute to our community!! Would you please consider volunteering time supporting this community resource?
Please email Allison for more information on all the opportunities:
SouthSoundTalk – DuPont Community Garden: Growing a Community
As of fall 2018, the DuPont Community Garden has supported Thurston County Food Bank with donations of fresh vegetables for nine bountiful years. Read the full article here.
Food Rescue Co-Pilots Wanted
We are currently recruiting volunteers who would like to be Food Rescue Co-Pilots.
TCFB Featured on Thurston County Connection
Every year there are people, including children, who struggle to make ends meet, going without adequate food, clothing, and other essentials.
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