SOMA Kindness: Meeting Essential Needs with Dignity (MEND) has many new opportunities to support fresh food access! Support needed with mobile markets, food pantries, and delivery in Newark, Orange, Maplewood and more! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F094AAEAE2EA1F49-54978051-volunteer#/
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SOMA Kindness: The Montclair Township Animal Shelter is looking for volunteer front desk help! They’re seeking kind, welcoming folks who love animals and can help greet visitors, answer phones, direct people, and assist with light office tasks and the food pantry. Sign up for one 3-hour shift per week: Mon, Tues, Fri, or Sun from 1-4 PM. Retirees and seniors are especially encouraged to get involved. No experience needed – just kindness, reliability, and a love for furry faces. Please email emorgan@montclairnjusa.org for more information.
SOMA Kindness: Cougar Cares presents weekly dinner deliveries! This is an amazing project that’s one of the best kept secrets in the area. Why? Because the recipients are SOMSD families served confidentially, and the business supporting the families prefers to do so privately. Volunteers pick up dinners in Maplewood village Tuesdays at 3:30 and deliver to SOMA homes. Deliveries are typically complete within the hour, but your car may smell delicious for longer. Because this includes SOMDS students, no one under 18 may participate (even as a passenger). https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C44A8A928A3FBC70-tuesday#/
SOMA Kindness: This Sunday the Elks Lodge is hosting their annual Thanksgiving dinner for local seniors (aka elders, wisdom holders, golden-year adults and other mature neighbors). Opportunities available to drop off everything from turkey to sides, homemade or store bought! Details here, food needs to be delivered to the Elks on 11/23 between 10 am and 12 pm but if you need a volunteer to pick up and drop off your items, reply here after you sign up and we’ll get folks connected! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/seniorgiving
SOMA Kindness: New pilot program addressing local food insecurity, produced in partnership with South Mountain YMCA, NJ and local organizers
Opportunities:
– Leave nonperishables for porch pickup
– Pick up donations and bring them to Springfield Ave
– Lead as a Community Captain by organizing drop off at your home, school, workplace, house of worship, special event, or other location and we’ll organize volunteers to pick up and deliver food collected
– Find and share local resources updated here regularly
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SOMA Kindness: The Food Pantry at Oheb Shalom (170 Scotland road) had some last minute cancellations and is now short on volunteers tonight. Shift timeslots are 5-6:30pm or 6:15-7:45pm, packing, organizing and distributing food, and this is a family friendly opportunity!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080A4FACAC22A13-51251161-bobrow#/