Pet Food Bank Delivery Volunteers Needed (especially drivers!)
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ABOUT PETS ARE WONDERFUL SUPPORT (PAWS) FOOD BANK & BECOMING A VOLUNTEER:The PAWS Pet Food Bank is the very first service provided by the PAWS program of Shanti Project and has been in operation since 1987.The Food Bank provides PAWS clients with a supplemental allotment of pet food, litter and a variety of pet supplies (e.g., toys, treats, collars, leashes, carriers/crates, etc.) every month. This basic but essential service can often mean the difference between our clients meeting their own nutritional needs and sacrificing their needs to feed their animal companions, or being able to keep their pets in their lives at all.Many of our clients are unable to come to the Pet Food Bank due to their disability. We rely on the generosity and commitment of volunteers to deliver food and supplies to all of our homebound clients. Pet Food Bank volunteers are urgently needed during this period of the pandemic to ensure our community members and their pets receive these crucial supplies. That’s where you come in!VOLUNTEER DUTIES:Deliver bags of pet food/supplies to 8-10 homebound clients in SF neighborhoodsDelivery team consists of two people (a driver and a rider) - you must choose your own rider (friend/family member/partner) anyone you feel comfortable with during COVIDOn the day of your shift, you will pick up the delivery routes and bags from the PAWS office, and deliver items to all the clients in that routeClient address and contact information will be provided in each delivery routeShifts take around 2-3 hours to completeVOLUNTEER REQUIREMENTS: Minimum age of 16 years oldMust have your own vehicle, current driver’s license, and proof of insuranceAble to lift up to 30 lbsMust be able to walk up and down stairs and/or use elevatorsComfortable driving to any/all neighborhood
About Shanti Project of San Francisco
OUR HISTORY AND PROGRAMS: Dr. Charles Garfield founded the Shanti Project (Shanti) in 1974 as a young psychologist working on UCSF’s oncology unit. It was there that he became aware of the profound isolation and loneliness experienced by so many of his patients as they faced a short life span. He resolved that no one should have to experience a life-threatening illness alone. And so, he began to train volunteers to provide sophisticated emotional and practical support while listening deeply, with compassion, to the stories and needs of people facing serious illness and death. This was the beginning of San Francisco Bay Area’s Shanti Project, one of the first organizations in the world to train lay volunteers to treat what mainstream medicine does not and cannot treat - isolation and loneliness.In the early 1980’s as cancer wards were spread thin with patients dying from AIDS-related opportunistic infections, Shanti expanded to embrace this population and quickly became a central leader and crucial partner in San Francisco's community-based response to the epidemic. Throughout our history, we have evolved to respond to changing community needs; today, under the leadership of our talented Executive Director, Kaushik Roy, Shanti is home to a host of inspiring programs that ease the burdens and improve the well-being of people navigating life threatening and chronic illnesses, isolation and other difficult life situations.Shanti’s programs now include: HIV Services, LGBT Seniors Aging & Abilities Support Network (LASSN), Margot Murphy Women’s Cancer Program (MMWCP), Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS), Peer Advocate Care Team (PACT), Volunteer Services Program, and projects that fall under the wing of our core programs (the Shanti Life Program, Hep C Services & Jeffery’s Place.) Additionally, Shanti is home to the San Francisco HIV Services Council. All programs continue to be grounded in The Shanti Model of Care that has guided us from the beginning - listening, speaking
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