Name: The Big Help Out Taster Day!
Start: 2023-05-08T13:00:00+01:00
End: 2023-05-08T18:00:00+01:00
Location: CM17 0PB

The Big Help Out Taster Day!

Harlow Foodbank

Spend a Bank Holiday hour bringing & sorting food, see how the foodbank works, meet our staff, relax at the barbecue,  consider volunteering

CM17 0PB

<h3>At the new King&#x27;s request, we are one of many community groups opening our doors to show you how our charity supports Harlow and the surrounding area.</h3><p>In the past year we have given out over 4,000 food parcels from the Foodbank.</p><p>Each one contains food donated by neighbours - mostly when they visit supermarkets. </p><p>But when we pick it up it is a great mix of all kinds of foods. This has to be sorted, stored then re-packaged to give to people in need at St Paul’sChurch and the Salvation Army.</p><p>Everyone who comes to us gets a nutritionally balanced package of long-life food.</p><p><em>So how do we sort, store, date and package the food?</em></p><p>Book in an hour of your Bank Holiday to discover the answer! </p><p>The work happens at our Store House on the edge of Harlow - Housham Hall Farm. It is a beautiful setting… though quite industrial on a normal working day. But as it is a Bank Holiday we have got permission to open our doors to the public – for a limited number between 1 and 6 pm. So, we are using this online mechanism for you to book in!</p><h3>PLEASE DON’T JUST SHOW UP! We can’t take too many on site.</h3><p>What are we asking of you?</p><ul><li>Bring a little food to donate – whatever you can afford – to add to the mix (if you can)</li><li>Do half an hour sorting and packing food</li><li>Stay and chat with us – have a barbecue – do a barn dance to our happy country music!</li><li>We’ll also have things for kids to do. It’s a bit of a party too, after all the weekend is a celebration.</li><li>Find out more about our other projects – consider volunteering with MRCT (though you don’t have to)…</li><li>You can also take a walk across the footpath in the fields next to the Store House.</li></ul><h3>How to book in:</h3><p>Go to &#x27;Get Tickets&#x27; (&#x27;or &#x27;Register&#x27; if you&#x27;re new to Eventbrite) to choose your <strong>one hour time slot</strong> <em>(you can arrive slightly earlier or hang around afterwards but this is when we expect you to be in the Store House)</em></p><p>Let us know how many adults and children are in your group. <em>You don&#x27;t have to include children under five as they can&#x27;t come in to the Store House but can join activities outside.</em></p><p>Your tickets will have some guidance on what you need to do on the day (eg no open-topped shoes in case you spill the beans… well a pile of them… on your feet).</p><p><a href="https://mrct.org.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Store-House-Map-03-2021.pdf" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Download this map on how to find us - it&#x27;s tricky as you get closer - though we will have people to guide you in and direct the parking.</a></p><h3>As the event is partly outdoors, and has health and safety issues, it will be cancelled if there is heavy rain on the day - we will contact you if that happens.</h3>

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