Volunteers Needed!

Harvest Hope is currently in need of volunteers to help us wrap presents for donations at our local Barnes and Noble on Harbison Blvd.  This will be a great opportunity for volunteers to raise money for a great cause, have fun, and get into the holiday spirit!

When:  December 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th as well as
             December 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th

Time: Shifts will be 9am-1pm, 1pm- 5pm or 5pm -10pm


If interested please email volunteermanager@harvesthope.org and let us know you want to sign up for the GIFT WRAPPING!

Volunteers Needed at the Pecan Festival in Florence

We are currently in need of some great volunteers to help us at the Pecan Festival in Florence! Come enjoy this great festival and help Harvest Hope out at the same time!

Where: Pecan Festival, Downtown Florence

When:  Saturday, November 3^rd

What:  We need people to help us at our booth as well as to help direct traffic. Multiple shifts are available!

How:  Call (843) 661-0826 or email fbrown@harvesthope.org

Empty Bowls

Calling all artists, crafters, and local business owners!  Will you donate some pieces for our annual live and silent auction? 

• What:  Empty Bowls is our annual signature fundraiser.  Donations are needed  for both the live and silent auction. 


• When: We are taking donation now through December 7th.



• Examples: paintings, pottery, jewelry, gift certificates, homemade crafts, themed baskets, furniture, vacations, spa packages, etc.
• Contact: Brandy Smoak, 803-254-4432 ext. 1140 or bsmoak@harvesthope.org

To download a copy of the donation form please click here.

Scare Away Hunger

What: Add a new idea to your fall festival, trick or treating, or haunted house.  If you hosting a Halloween get together, why not have them bring a non-perishable item to SCARE AWAY HUNGER!  It is easy and fun.

Date:  Anytime during your Halloween festivities

Location:  A great idea for churches, neighborhood, civic groups, anyone...

Contact: For more information please contact Amy Lowery at 254-4432 ext 1143 or alowery@harvesthope.org

Join the CROP Hunger Walk

Will you volunteer your time, energy and walking shoes to help fight world hunger?  Crop Walk is an international hunger walk to raise awareness and funds for those who are hungry across the globe. It is the oldest hunger-fighting fundraising event in the U.S. and involves over 1,600 communities each year.  We are looking for individuals, schools, churches, civic groups and all other community groups to join the walk to fight hunger.

When: Sunday, November 11, 2012

Where: State House Grounds

Registration: 1:00 pm

Walk Begins: 2:00 pm

For more information please contact:

Amy Lowery

803-254-4432 ext. 1143

alowery@harvesthope.org

Crop Walk Website

Volunteer the Gift of Books to Children

Do you have a bookshelf full of children’s books that are never read anymore? Are they gaining dust by the week/month/year? Then we have a way to get those books to kids who need and want them!

Livi’s Library is a new project that involves collecting gently used children’s books to share with children who cannot afford them. Livi’s Library is a program in honor of a young girl named Mary Olivia “Livi" Pettit, of Lancaster, SC, who died at age 9 of viral myocarditis. She loved to read and learn; so the people who love her have started this project in her name.

Harvest Hope is partnering with this great new program in order to offer quality children's books to our clients. Please, volunteer your time by cleaning out those dusty bookshelves and donate those old books to someone who can use them!

 

What: Livi’s Library

Where: Drop off at

SC First Steps, 1300 Sumter Street, Columbia SC 29201  

                                   OR 

Harvest Hope Food Bank 2220 Shop Rd. Columbia, SC 29201

When: 

Monday – Friday 8am-4pm

Harvest Hope Producers (H2P)

Have you heard about our H2P group?  Here is everything you need to know to get involved and volunteer your time!

Who:   This group consists of Young Professionals in the Midlands who are passionate about helping hungry families in South Carolina and are looking for a way to engage and be involved with the mission of Harvest Hope Food Bank.  

What:   The group does many activities to include volunteering, working on special projects, hosting numerous events, and other promotions that involve helping hungry people and Harvest Hope Food Bank. 

When:  The Advisory Board to the group meets monthly, however, there are usually monthly events throughout the Columbia-metro area that H2P members and the public can attend.  Currently our upcoming events include:

·         Strike Out Hunger on 9.21.12 at Anchor Lanes in Irmo on Columbiana Drive:  $12 gets you shoes and unlimited bowling for 3 hours.  50% of proceeds will go back to Harvest Hope!

·         Hold Out For Hunger on 10.11.12 that will encourage people to skip a meal that day and donate what they would spend on that meal to Harvest Hope.

To get involved check out their facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/#!/hhproducers