Join MAX in volunteering at Project Open Hand, a non-profit social services organization borne during the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s to prepare meals for those with AIDS suffering from malnutrition. The organization continues to serve people with HIV/AIDS, and has expanded to feed seniors and people fighting cancer, heart disease, diabetes and many other serious illnesses. A documentary on the founder, Ruth Brinker, premiered at the Castro Theater in May 2022, and told of her legacy of healing people through meals with love. For more information on Project Open Hand, go to: http://www.openhand.org/
Project Open Hand relies on volunteers to fulfill its mission. Monday is the one day of the week designated for groups. MAX volunteers will work together on tasks such as packaging and sorting bulk items into individual portions, culling produce, stocking perishable items, and assembling grocery bags for Project Open Hand clients.
The group size is limited to 20 people. Go to: https://maxsf.org/event-4845495 to register for this event with MAX. Volunteers will complete the individual registration process later with Open Hand. Location is 730 Polk Street at Ellis Street.
After our shift, we can go for an optional lunch at the nearby La Cocina Municipal Marketplace that opened in 2021 as the nation’s first women-led food hall. The marketplace strives to offer economic opportunities for working-class women entrepreneurs who are graduates of La Cocina, a non-profit kitchen incubator.
For more information, contact event organizer, Jim Tom, at jim.tom@maxsf.org
Join MAX in volunteering at Project Open Hand, a non-profit social services organization borne during the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s to prepare meals for those with AIDS suffering from malnutrition. The organization continues to serve people with HIV/AIDS, and has expanded to feed seniors and people fighting cancer, heart disease, diabetes and many other serious illnesses. A documentary on the founder, Ruth Brinker, premiered at the Castro Theater in May 2022, and told of her legacy of healing people through meals with love. For more information on Project Open Hand, go to: http://www.openhand.org/
Project Open Hand relies on volunteers to fulfill its mission. Monday is the one day of the week designated for groups. MAX volunteers will work together on tasks such as packaging and sorting bulk items into individual portions, culling produce, stocking perishable items, and assembling grocery bags for Project Open Hand clients.
The group size is limited to 20 people. Go to: https://maxsf.org/event-4845495 to register for this event with MAX. Volunteers will complete the individual registration process later with Open Hand. Location is 730 Polk Street at Ellis Street.
After our shift, we can go for an optional lunch at the nearby La Cocina Municipal Marketplace that opened in 2021 as the nation’s first women-led food hall. The marketplace strives to offer economic opportunities for working-class women entrepreneurs who are graduates of La Cocina, a non-profit kitchen incubator.
For more information, contact event organizer, Jim Tom, at jim.tom@maxsf.org