Ask your company for time to help with emergency food distributions

The Community Food Bank is still seeking volunteers to assist with emergency drought-relief food distributions in San Joaquin Valley. Each distribution requires 150-200 volunteers, but with the number of volunteers coming up short, the Food Bank has had to turn away a lot of people seeking this assistance, even though there is plenty of food to distribute.

With help needed so urgently, HandsOn Central California is reaching out to valley businesses in September and October, asking those businesses to allow employees time away from work so they can help with the distributions. Businesses already participating in this project include D&H Homes, Pelco and Verizon.

Want to get involved? Consider approaching your work supervisor about having your team or company participate in the distributions. With many companies eager to build goodwill through community involvement, corporate participation in a food distribution is a simple and low-cost way to build that goodwill.

For more information, including information for employers and supervisors about the project, contact Wendy Negri at (559) 299-5052. Distribution shifts are scheduled 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and 1-6 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, in Firebaugh, Huron, Mendota, San Joaquin, and Selma.