Volunteer Prince William

Good Morning – Prince William Food Rescue (PWFR) needs Food Rescue Heroes as the program is super busy delivering food to both ACTS and SERVE homebound clients.

Volunteers in the Manassas/Gainesville/Haymarket area are desperately needed.  Home food deliveries are no contact and follow social distancing guidelines.  PWFR is an app-based program enabling volunteers to pick up viable, close to expiration food from supermarkets, restaurants, food pantries, etc., and then deliver it to a program that can immediately use the food. Just an hour of your time will do much to provide relief for food-insecure families in our community.  More info on PWFR may be found at pwfoodrescue.org.

Good Morning Prince William – We are receiving a number of non-COVID19 volunteer needs, along with several volunteer opportunities associated with COVID19.  In an effort to make this less confusing, we have broken the opportunities down into non-COVID19 opportunities first, followed by volunteer opportunities associated with COVID-19.

Non-COVID-19 Opportunities:

Here’s a list of voluneter opportunities in our community, compiled by Volunteer Prince William.

Good Morning – The Community Feeding Taskforce Food Hotline has an urgent need for Spanish speaking volunteers who can assist staff with answering calls to the Hotline during the COVID-19 pandemic. Duties include answering calls from those in need of food, redirecting callers to a food pantry closest to where they live and arranging home deliveries for shut-ins. Training is provided; however, volunteers will work from home and must have their own computer and Internet access. Bilingual skills in Spanish required.

For residents of local areas looking for volunteer opportunities to help out their community, Program Director of Volunteer Prince William, Jan F. Hawkins has announced areas in need of volunteers.

Here is where your help is greatly appreciated, according to Hawkins:

The Community Feeding Taskforce continues to have a big need for volunteers who can work in their warehouse located at 8418 Kao Circle, Manassas 20110. Shifts are weekdays, 8 a.m.-Noon or Noon-4 p.m. Duties include receiving bulk food donations, sorting, shelving, and filling smaller orders for shipping to select food distribution locations throughout the area. Be prepared to lift up to 50 pounds. To register, please create an account on volunteerprincewilliam.org, then go into the opportunity to respond. Please email [email protected]  to learn more.

* If you are facing food insecurity, or someone you know needs food assistance during the coronavirus pandemic, the Community Feeding Taskforce Food Helpline is open! This resource is available to anyone living in Manassas, Manassas Park and Prince William County. Hours for the helpline are Monday-Friday, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.. Please call 703.794.4668 during operating hours to request food assistance. Callers over 65 years old will be redirected to ACTS/NVFS (SERVE) food assistance programs to register for direct delivery to their home. Please help spread the word on this important resource! Se habla Español.

People are struggling now more than ever to provide food for their hungry families and volunteers are needed in food shelters to help them.

 “To combat this growing hardship, Prince William County and the cities of Manassas Park and Manassas have come together with many local nonprofits to create the Community Feeding Taskforce. A central warehouse has been created in the City of Manassas where large deliveries of food are broken down and transported to 45 food pantries for distribution in our communities,” according to Deb Hannum in an email sent to us for Volunteer Prince William.

Good Morning Prince William- The Community Feeding Taskforce has a big need for volunteers who can work in their warehouse located at 8418 Kao Circle, Manassas 20110. Shifts are weekdays, 8a.m.-noon or noon-4p.m.Duties include receiving bulk food donations, sorting, shelving and filling smaller orders for shipping to select food distribution locations throughout the area. Be prepared to lift up to 50 pounds. To register, you must create an account on our website at volunteerprincewilliam.org, then go into the opportunity to respond to the event. Please email [email protected] to learn more.

* If you are facing food insecurity, or someone you know needs food assistance during the coronavirus pandemic, the Community Feeding Taskforce Food Helpline is open! This resource is available to anyone living in Manassas, Manassas Park and Prince William County. Hours for the helpline are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Please call 703.794.4668 during operating hours to request food assistance. Callers over 65 will be redirected to ACTS/NVFS (SERVE) food assistance programs to register for direct delivery to their home. Please help spread the word on this important resource! Se habla Español.

For the latest information on the continuing Coronavirus pandemic, please visit cdc.gov, coronavirus.gov, vdh.virginia.gov, and coronavirus.pwcgov.org.

* If you are facing food insecurity, or someone you know needs food assistance during the coronavirus pandemic, the Community Feeding Taskforce Food Helpline is open! This resource is available to anyone living in Manassas, Manassas Park, and Prince William County. Hours for the helpline are Monday-Friday, 9a.m.-4p.m.. Please call 703.794.4668 during operating hours to request food assistance. Callers over 65 will be redirected to ACTS/NVFS (SERVE) food assistance programs to register for direct delivery to their home. Please help spread the word on this important resource! Se habla Español.