Dear members -
The advisory board has met and have voted to increase the volunteer hours to 7 hours effective 9/1/2022.
Please note that we have the ability to increase the hours to 8 hours as that was the obligation pre-COVID. We have gone through some rough times during COVID. We are working at shifting back to normal. We had hoped that keeping it at 5 hours would work but there is still a great need for volunteers to take part in this amazing community we call Philomath Community Gleaners!
We are more than a place to get free food. We are a community of dedicated volunteers helping not only our own households, but also our fellow gleaners and our adoptees.
Gleaners is a self-help program whose mission is A hand up not a hand out.
We post volunteer opportunities on Sunday (typically). We also can use help with Target on Thursdays.
Where else can you get $583.46 worth of food and goods per week for a small amount of volunteer time.
In November of 2021, we had a family of 4 put together a snapshot of a typical week of food/goods and research the retail value. Please note this is 1 week of food and a typical month is 4 weeks. That equates to over $2,000 of food/goods for a few hours of work toward the program. In addition, we can guarantee the cost has increased in the past 6 months as well.
