Volunteers are needed in all our programs:
- Our greatest need: Help elderly and infirm people carry their groceries from the Food Pantry up the stairs and out to their cars - the first 3 Saturdays and the 4th Thursday, any time between 9:00 A.M. and 1:00 P.M.
- Help in the Thrift Shop - the first 3 Saturdays, the 4th Thursday of each month, or any Wednesday morning, to sort and organize donations.
- Help distribute food at the Food Pantry one day each month - the first 3 Saturdays and the last Thursday from 9-11:00 or 11-1:00.
- Help sort and distribute Food $ense groceries - usually the 4th Friday of each month, check dates
- Bake desserts for the Coffee House - see schedule .
- Help collect, shelve or distribute pet food on pantry days.
- Help set up tables and chairs for the coffeehouse - see schedule .
- Help collect and sort food, clothing, and gifts for the Christmas baskets - every December.
- Help collect, sort, and deliver school supplies - late August/early September.
- Work in the community garden co-op.
- Help with mailings for the Coffee House and newsletters.
- Purchase items from the Thrift Shop - all proceeds go to support FRCM.
- Join others in cooking dinner at Hope House in Utica on the fourth Tuesday of each month. Menus and food are provided by Hope House.
Donations are always needed:
- Gently used clothing for children and adults
- Food for the pantry (or a monetary donation, which goes further when we purchase from the Food Bank of Central New York)
- School supplies
- Sign up to buy a gift for a specific needy child at Christmas
- Give surplus produce from your garden to the pantry
- Organize a "Souperbowl Sunday" collection or luncheon at your church or organization. Some served soup, some just passed the bowl, but together 4 churches donated $1210 from Souperbowl Sunday 2010 collections. Thank you to St. Leo & St. Ann’s, South Trenton Presbyterian, Holland Patent Presbyterian, and Floyd Methodist churches.
- Use the search engine Goodsearch.com to find websites, etc. Every click means a donation to Foothills. We have received checks from Goodsearch in the past, and they are a legitimate website.
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