November/December Volunteer Opportunities	Print Issue
November 10, 2009, Volume 56, No. 11

Dear Penn Community,
The holidays are fast approaching and Penn Volunteers In Public Service is gearing up to offer you a variety of activities to help you share with our neighbors in the surrounding community. Contact Isabel Mapp at sammapp@pobox.upenn.edu with any questions or comments and to make a donation. Thank you so very much for your past generosity and your willingness to bring joy to the lives of so many.

—Isabel Mapp, Associate Director, Netter Center for Community Partnerships

Penn VIPS Annual Food Drive: Now through November 20

Join the Annual Penn VIPS Food Drive of non-perishable food items (cans, boxed foods, etc) as well as turkeys now through Friday, November 20.

The Drive will benefit Carroll Park Community Council’s food pantry, SunnyCrest Family Services, and deserving families. Help these agencies to increase their capacity for helping families during the holidays.

Please drop off all donations at the following locations:

Penn VIPS Annual Gently Used and New Coat Drive: Now through-December 11

If you have a new or gently used coat (or coats) to donate to our drive, they can be brought to one of the three locations listed below. We do not have the facilities or funds to clean donated items. Freshly laundered or dry cleaned items only.

Linguistics, 619 Williams Hall—Amy Forsyth, 898-6046

Netter Center, 133 S. 36th Street-R507—Isabel Mapp, 898-2020

Physics and Astronomy, 2C7 DRL 209 South 33rd Street—Vivian Hasiuk, 898-5954

Philabundance Community Food Center

                  Would you like to help us make a difference? The Community Food Center (CFC) is a food pantry following a choice model of distribution. Customers shop, choosing what they like from a wide variety of (free) items, including dry goods, refrigerated and frozen items, fresh dairy, produce and bread. The pilot CFC is being run in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Community Service in the basement of the Lillian Marrero branch of the library at 601 W. Lehigh Avenue. The CFC is open five days a week, including evening and weekend hours, to allow maximum accessibility to the community. Volunteers are needed on a daily basis (Tues-Sat) for a variety of tasks including unloading daily orders, stocking the shelves, greeting, registering and checking-in customers and data entry. Groups and individual volunteers are both welcome. Those interested in volunteering should contact Tracey at tmccusker@philabundance.org or (215) 229-2221. Thanks and we look forward to hearing from you!