New Volunteer Coordinator

Hello Volunteers:

Thank you for your volunteer commitments over the past 3+ years. This post is to let you know that I am moving into a new position at the IFC. The new volunteer coordinator will be Lara Harding.

Lara has been a wonderful volunteer for the past year and is very enthusiastic about placing volunteers in appropriate positions with the agency. She will be an asset to the agency and will begin her position on March 1, 2012.

If you have any questions or concerns, please know that she will help you with all your volunteer needs! Thank you, again, for your dedication and support.

Best wishes.

Karen

1st Annual Turkey Bowl

The 1^st Turkey Bowl Lacrosse Tournament being held on Sunday, November 20^th in Cary. It is committed to helping the IFC this year with food and financial needs. You can help by hosting a shift at the table that day from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm during the event. Six or more volunteers are needed to help with the shifts listed below:

8:30am – 10:30am

10:30am –12:30pm Chris & Cheryl Moran

12:30pm – 2:30pm

2:30pm – 4:30pm

A table, IFC literature and a table banner will be provided. IFC will receive can goods and proceeds after costs are paid that can be matched by The Stewards Funds $100,000 challenge. We might help transport some of the food donations in our vehicles depending on the quantities. More information about this event can be found at http://ivylax.com/

Please call 919.929.6380 x. 30 or email volunteer@ifcmailbox.org to volunteer at this event. Thank you.

Volunteer at Project Connect

If you are interested in volunteering for a one-time event, here's an option you may want to consider.

Get Involved! Volunteer at Project Connect!

The 5^th annual Project Connect (formerly Project Homeless Connect) is a one-day, one-stop event that provides a broad range of services to people experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, homelessness. Come volunteer and be a part of this significant event! Project Connect will be held on Thursday, October 13^th from 9:00am-3:30pm at the Hargraves Community Center, 216 N. Roberson Street, Chapel Hill. For more information and to sign-up to volunteer, visit: www.phc-orange.org Questions? Email Megan Wooley at mwooley@townofchapelhill.org We hope to see you there!

Food Sorter Needed - Fridays

We have an opening for a food sorter on Fridays from 1-3 p.m. The volunteer for this position would work directly with our kitchen coordinator to sort and organize food. This is a weekly assignment. You are interested in getting more information about this position, please email volunteer@ifcmailbox.org or call 919.929.6380 x. 30.

Food Pick up and Deliver Opening

We are in urgent need of a volunteer to pick up/deliver food from a local grocery store to Community Kitchen on Friday evenings. The pick up is at 9:00 p.m. If you are available and interested in helping fill this need, please call Karen at 919.929.6380 x.30 or email volunteer@ifcmailbox.org

Thank you for considering this opportunity.

Orientation for New Volunteers

Orientation for New Volunteers will be held on Tuesday, August 9th at 7:00 pm. This orientation will be at 110 W. Main Street in Carrboro. If you are interested in getting more information about the IFC and current volunteer opportunities, feel free to join us. We do ask that you reserve a spot by emailing volunteer@ifcmailbox.org or 919.929.6380 x. 30.

Thank you.

Food Pick Up and Deliver Opening

Hello Volunteers:

We are in need of the following help:

Farmer Foodshare at the Chapel Hill Farmers' Market is looking urgently for a volunteer to pick up local fresh food donated by farmers and shoppers and bring it over to the IFC Community Kitchen.

Position starts on Saturday, August 6th through Mid September. The pick up time is at Noon. The Chapel Hill Farmers' Market is located in the University Mall parking lot behind A Southern Season and next to the K&W Cafeteria. The boxes are not generally more than 15-20lbs each and we usually get about 3-5 boxes of delicious local fresh food.

If you have availability and are interested in this position, please let me know by calling 919.929.6380 x. 30. As always, thank you for supporting the IFC.