Local Retail Stores Find HSP to be a Perfect "Target" for Volunteer Opportunities

                

JCPenney Volunteers

The past two days here have been a frenzy of volunteerism thanks to two local retail stores.  JCPenney in Chicago and Target employees volunteered to help out HSP.  HSP would like to recognize the hard work and energy the volunteers put into sorting and organizing the food that was purchased by HSP from the Northern Illinois Food Bank.  On April 30^th, volunteers from JCPenney were here for two and a half hours; they generously sorted five huge pallets of food.  The food they sorted will be distributed to the needy children and families enrolled in our Feed the Kids program.  The program provides one hundred families with 175 lbs of nutritious food each month of summer in June, July and August. The purpose of this program is to ensure that needy children are able to receive adequate nutrition during the summer months when they are not participating in the government subsidized school lunch program.

Target's Volunteers

            The second group of volunteers was just as appreciated in contributing their time to helping HSP.  Earlier today, Humanitarian Service Project had 16 volunteers come from the Target located in Glendale Heights.  These volunteers came to help sort and organize the food that was bought from the Northern Illinois Food Bank.  There were so many volunteers that half of them organized food for the Feed the Kids Program, while the other half helped to go through and organize food from numerous recent food drives donated to our Senior Citizen Project.  This food will be delivered as a part of our monthly delivery days. On top of donating their time, the Target in Glendale Heights donated a $150 gift card.  This will be used to purchase sports equipment and other gifts for the Children’s Birthday Project.

 Thanks to both groups of volunteers, we were able to get large amounts of food sorted out to be distributed to a number of families. If you or your organization is interested in volunteering for HSP, we have a lot of opportunities coming up this summer, after May 20^th, 2013. Call us at 630-221-8340 or email us at hsp@humanitarianservice.org for more information.