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Westside Food Bank

HungerPovertyVeterans & Military Families
1710 22nd St, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone (310) 828 - 6016
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Our mission

WSFB’s mission is to end hunger in our communities by providing access to free nutritious food through food acquisition and distribution, and by engaging the community and advocating for a strong food assistance network.
Opportunities

Occasional - Food Sorting

Food sorting involves coming to our warehouse to organize and box food that we have received during food drives. All ages can participate. (Great family-friendly service opportunity) E-mail Allison Griffith and she will let you know about upcoming food sorting events which usually take place during afternoons, weekends and evenings.
  • Occasional, Weekly, Monthly
  • Children, Teens, Adults, Child with Adult
  • Individuals, Groups (2-10), Families
  • Office work, Event support, Indoor
  • On-site
  • Weekdays, Evenings, Weekends

Occasional - Office Volunteering

Office volunteering involves coming to our office to help with various office related tasks. We can use volunteers on an occasional or longer-term basis. Volunteers should at least be familiar with Microsoft Word and basic computer operations. Currently, we could use volunteers to assist with the following: Preparation of mailings and thank-you letters, Filing, copying and other routine office tasks, Data Entry and Scanning documents into our document management system.
  • Occasional, Weekly, Monthly
  • Adults
  • Individuals
  • Office work, Indoor
  • On-site
  • Weekdays, Weekends
About us

Extra Helpings Westside (EHW), our volunteer-run, food recovery and distribution program allows us to fight hunger even more effectively. Through a cadre of some 120 dedicated volunteer drivers, we are able to pick up prepared and perishable food from markets, delicatessens, bakeries and farmers’ markets – food that would otherwise be thrown away – and deliver it directly to our agencies. Food from our EHW program makes up nearly a third of our total distribution.