The primary community volunteering opportunity is for individuals willing to help pick up the food at the Regional Food Bank.
Volunteers are needed to assist the Guilderland High School Weekend Backpack Program with weekly pick-ups of food from the Regional Food Bank in Latham, NY and delivery of the food to Guilderland High School. The food needs to be picked up once each week on Wednesday morning at the Regional Food Bank in Latham, NY at 8:30am and delivered to Guilderland High School Main Entrance between 9:00am and 9:15am the same morning. The 2022-2023 program runs from 10/14/22 through 6/09/23. The exceptions will be when Guilderland High School is closed for holidays and vacations. In the event of inclement weather, the pick-up and the delivery situation will be evaluated on a case by case basis and volunteers will be contacted. The Regional Food Bank has a loading dock on the side of the building where volunteers arrive at their designated time to pick-up the food for their program. The Regional Food Bank staff will provide some assistance with loading the food into the driver's car. It is suggested that drivers back their car up near the loading ramp to make it easier to load the car. GHS's pick-up time slot is weekly on Wednesday morning at 8:30am. The food will then be delivered to GHS's main entrance by as close to 9:00am as possible. Our student volunteers or a teacher will be at the main entrance of GHS to assist with receiving the food delivery. Each week there will be a preset list of items to be picked up at the Regional Food Bank. Drivers should collect the delivery invoice along with the food items and give it to the GHS representative at the drop-off time. Guilderland High School Contact information: Heidi Cutler ([email protected]) or Joan McGrath ([email protected]) |
The address information for the Regional Food Bank is:
Regional Food Bank 965 Albany-Shaker Road Latham, NY 12110 Ph: 518-786-3691 Fx: 518-786-3004 [email protected] |
The address information for Guilderland High School is:
Guilderland High School 8 School Road Guilderland Center, NY 12085 Ph: 518-861-8591 |