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Office of Engagement and
Community Affairs

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Hunger Doesn't Take a Holiday

With the hustle and bustle of the holidays behind us, it's a great opportunity to turn your new year energy into meaningful action by volunteering with the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank.

While the Food Bank receives an abundance of help during the holiday season, support tends to drop during the following months.

To help fulfill this need, the University has reserved a dedicated "Pitt Shift" on the first Friday and third Wednesday of each month from January through March that allows up to 15 Pitt staff or faculty to volunteer in a newer area of the Food Bank called The Market.

The Market, in partnership with Giant Eagle, offers a grocery store-style experience providing shelf-stable products, meat, dairy, fresh produce, and non-food grocery items as well as connections to additional resources for help.

All shifts take place from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank in Duquesne, PA.

 
Sign Up to Volunteer with the Food Bank Today!

Note: The January shift occurs on Wednesday, Jan. 22 in honor of and as an extension to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day—a day of service—on Jan. 20.

As a reminder, Pitt staff are eligible to receive paid time off each month to participate in community service or volunteer activities. Learn more on the Office of Human Resources website.

 

Volunteering with the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank


The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank offers several ways to promote food access throughout Allegheny County.

  • Stock shelves, serve neighbors, and check neighbors in and out at The Market, a partnership with Giant Eagle that offers a grocery store-style experience
  • Distribute food and interact with the community while helping load cars full of nutritious food
  • Help tend to trees and shrubs, mulching, and pruning at Chatham University’s Food Bank Orchard located in Gibsonia, PA
  • Inspect, sort, and repackage food in the Duquesne, PA warehouse

The Food Bank is a pillar to the Greater Pittsburgh community, not only because of their individual service but because of the resources that they provide to additional, smaller community partners that you may recognize from your own neighborhood.
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