Contributed by Paula Burgan
FISH is a non-profit agency providing emergency food deliveries to people in need in the Anchorage area who call our request phone line. Currently, we are experiencing a deluge of calls and so we are in need of additional volunteers. There are several jobs:
Callers take requests from their homes by listening to our request line. After getting details of address, number of family members, etc., they pass on the information by email to the pantry.
Packers at the pantry located at St. Mary’s Church on Lake Otis and Tudor take the information and fill bags with the appropriate items as in the photo.
Drivers come to the pantry and pick up the bags, delivering them to the clients.
Each of these jobs takes approximately two hours.
Volunteers sign up on Sign-Up Genius, one day of more per month as they are able.
FISH can provide food for 20 families on each of four days a week, but this requires 16 volunteers each week! Can you help?
For more information, call Paula Burgan at 907-346-1991. We hope to hear from you!