HANDS ON CENTRAL CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Hand On of Central California has several volunteer opportunities this holiday season. Please see the details regarding 2 upcoming events. You can register for these and future events at
http://www.handsoncentralcal.org/

Serving Fresno - Saturday, Nov. 20

Take a day to serve the community we live in. Volunteer opportunities include planting trees, sorting food, and serving the homeless.

TIME & LOCATION:
8am - 2pm at the Riverpark Shopping Center

8am - Volunteer registration & project selection

9am - Arrive at the project site

Hope for the Holidays - Sunday, Dec. 19

300 volunteers are needed to help distribute toys to homeless children and to celebrate the holidays.

TIME & LOCATION:
10am - 3pm - Fresno Convention Center, Valdez Hall

To donate toys to this events, please call Hands On Central California at 559-237-3101

COMMUNITY FOOD BANK - Holiday Meal Boxing & Giveaways

HOLIDAY MEAL BOXING

The Community Food Bank is looking for volunteers to help box 40,000 meals for the holiday season. Please see the following dates and times below and specify which shift is preferable.

DATES & TIMES:
Nov. 20: 7am - 10am, 10am - 1pm, 1pm - 4pm
Dec. 11: 7am - 10am, 10am - 1pm
Dec. 18: 7am - 10am, 10am - 1pm


HOLIDAY MEAL BOX GIVEAWAYS

On Monday, November 22 and Monday, December 20, the Community Food Bank needs 20 volunteers to help give the boxed holiday meals to their partner agencies. Two shifts are available: 7am - 11am / 10:30am - 2:30pm


Please contact Leslie Gacad at lgacad@communityfoodbank.net or (559) 237-3663 x 106 to sign up for the volunteer opportunities listed above.

REFLECT--REFOCUS--RE-ORGANIZE

Saturday November 13th, 2010

Please join us for a spirited facilitated discussion of the future of Volunteers for Change Fresno.
This is your opportunity to participate in the movement of V4CF to the next more powerful level without the time constraint of our usual 2 hour meeting.

Saturday November 13th
10:00am to 3:00pm
Toledo's Restaurant 367 E. Shaw (SW corner Shaw & Fresno St)

$10 includes lunch (scholarships available upon request)

RSVP to Wendy Negri 299-5052 or wnegri@att.net

Community Garden Event Sunday 10/10/10

Volunteers for Change, joined by the Tehipite Chapter of the Sierra Club, board of the Fresno Audubon Society, students and other community members will be cleaning up the community garden at McLane High School on 10/10/10 from 10:00am to 1:00pm. This action is in concert with the 350.org global work party on that date to call attention to climate change. We will be "Working so our Legislators will Get to Work" on clean energy policy, and also to confront California Prop 23.

Bring your garden tools, gloves, and a willing heart. find out more at 350.org and register to participate! Or email Connie Peterson at c.peterson8784@sbcglobal.net, for more information and/or to let me know you will attend.

General Meeting

Next V4CF general meeting

Tuesday October 5th
7:00 PM
Fig Garden Library 3071 W. Bullard
SW corner of W. Bullard & N. Marks

Urgent Need of 600 Volunteers September 11th

SEPTEMBER 11TH * NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE * FEED HOPE

Saturday September 11th the Community Food Bank and HandsOn Central California are putting on a massive one day food distribution to families in need in the Central Valley. They need 600 volunteers to work in 3 shifts.

Location: Southeast Corner of Maple & Butler (near the Mosqueda Center)

Volunteers for Change-Fresno has signed up to provide a minimum of 20 volunteers to be part of the 11:00am to 3:30pm shift.

To sign up and get more detail, please call Wendy at 299-5052 or email her at wnegri@att.net as soon as possible.

If you want to participate but cannot make this shift, the other shifts are 7:00am to 11:30pm or 3:00pm to 7:00pm.

This is a wonderful opportunity to help our community in a time of great need. Children 7 years or older who are accompanied by an adult 21 or older are also welcome to participate.

Hunger is an Everyday Disaster - Let's do our part to help. - BE THE CHANGE

SAVE THE DATE!

It's time to mark your calendar for the September General Meeting for Volunteers for Change-Fresno! For those who heard last month about plans for a Sept. picnic meeting, those plans have changed so we can better focus on the upcoming elections.

V4CF usually meets on the first or second Tues. of each month but due to scheduling conflicts,
please note that this month we'll be meeting on a Thursday.

• NEW DATE: Thurs., Sept. 9, 2010
• TIME: 7:00 pm
• LOCATION: Fig Garden Library, 3071 W. Bullard Ave., SW corner W. Bullard and N. Marks

Join us for an energizing meeting as we hear from candidates or their representatives and begin discussing the 10 propositions on the ballot. Also, if his schedule continues to permit, Tom Bohigian, State Director for

U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer will be in attendance.