volunteer paper
Organization description and demographics:
“Fight Hunger, Feed Hope” was the slogan of the organization we did the volunteer at, and it name was “Food Bank of the Rockies”. It is a charity company with headquarter in Denver and a branch in Wyoming right now. According to the annual report of Food Bank, their mission was “We will end hunger by efficiently procuring and distributing food and essentials to the hungry through our programs and partner agencies.” According to the information from the Colorado government website, this company had 6 programs which were “Fight Hunger Feed Hope”, “FBR’s Mobile Pantry Program”, “FBR’s Nutrition Network”, “Denver’s Table Food Rescue Program”, “Government-Subsidized Food Programs” and “Volunteers” program. And the budgets for the listed programs were $14,840,600, $46,259, $1,905,480, $219,885, $508,704, and $0 respectively. Individuals and organizations could donate foods, time and money through their website. For every 1 dollars they received, they would use 0.96 dollars on foods which was about 4-5 meals of food. The clients they served contained Adults, Aging/Senior Citizens, Children and Youth, Poor/Economically Disadvantaged and Single Parents. For the data got until 2013, this organization could deliver 106,251 meals per day from 2009-2013. Also, according to the data from the Colorado government website, “FBR has a staff of 77 employees in Denver, 8 in Wyoming, and 3 on the Western Slope. Additionally FBR has a pool of more than 9,000 volunteers. FBR's Board of Directors is made up of 21 men and women who volunteer their time and expertise.” Contact information: website: http://www.foodbankrockies.org/about-us/contact-us/
Service Activities:
Our seven hours of volunteer were mainly did jobs in the reclamation workshop of Food Bank. Our job could divide into three parts and which are: cleaning, assorting and packaging. For cleaning part, since the foods were come from the markets or private donations, most of the foods
“Fight Hunger, Feed Hope” was the slogan of the organization we did the volunteer at, and it name was “Food Bank of the Rockies”. It is a charity company with headquarter in Denver and a branch in Wyoming right now. According to the annual report of Food Bank, their mission was “We will end hunger by efficiently procuring and distributing food and essentials to the hungry through our programs and partner agencies.” According to the information from the Colorado government website, this company had 6 programs which were “Fight Hunger Feed Hope”, “FBR’s Mobile Pantry Program”, “FBR’s Nutrition Network”, “Denver’s Table Food Rescue Program”, “Government-Subsidized Food Programs” and “Volunteers” program. And the budgets for the listed programs were $14,840,600, $46,259, $1,905,480, $219,885, $508,704, and $0 respectively. Individuals and organizations could donate foods, time and money through their website. For every 1 dollars they received, they would use 0.96 dollars on foods which was about 4-5 meals of food. The clients they served contained Adults, Aging/Senior Citizens, Children and Youth, Poor/Economically Disadvantaged and Single Parents. For the data got until 2013, this organization could deliver 106,251 meals per day from 2009-2013. Also, according to the data from the Colorado government website, “FBR has a staff of 77 employees in Denver, 8 in Wyoming, and 3 on the Western Slope. Additionally FBR has a pool of more than 9,000 volunteers. FBR's Board of Directors is made up of 21 men and women who volunteer their time and expertise.” Contact information: website: http://www.foodbankrockies.org/about-us/contact-us/
Service Activities:
Our seven hours of volunteer were mainly did jobs in the reclamation workshop of Food Bank. Our job could divide into three parts and which are: cleaning, assorting and packaging. For cleaning part, since the foods were come from the markets or private donations, most of the foods