Helping Hands of Vegas Valley

I have volunteered with Helping Hands twice now.
The first time was delivered kosher meals to local Senior Citizens. We met on a Monday morning at a local Jewish Community Centery off of Tropicana (this was the last time that they were utilizing this as a pantry, they now have their own facility in North Las Vegas). There were only 8 Seniors who required delivery that day, so there were only 3 of us volunteering. We unpacked boxes of koshers meals and redistributed the selections to give each person a variety. It was really easy. Lorri, the volunteer director gave us each 3 deliveries, with directions from the location and the directions from house to house. It couldn’t have been easier. All of my deliveres were near each other and it all took less than 2 hours.
The 2^nd time, I picked up a pastry donation from a local Starbucks to take to the Helping Hands office by Palace Station. I then had to count and sort the pastries and place them in plastic baggies and then put them in the freezer. This all took about an hour.
Everyone in the organization is friendly, and I loved meeting the seniors I took the meals too. They were genuinely grateful for the deliveries and it made me feel really good to be helping out.

Unilocal helping hand event, hubby and I delivered pantry items to houses of elderly people in need. The address of their warehouse location has changed.
The only downfall is the ladies were unorganized when we got there and some were complaining that «I don’t know» this is my first week year. To not start volunteers smoothly and directly at 8am slows the whole process down.
Other than that the «customers» where very very sweet and the route was very close to our home.
Great way to volunteer!!!

This is a nice organization that serves senior citizens across the valley by delivering food to them. As a volunteer, it doesn’t get much simpler. All it takes is some time from your Saturday morning, and some gas and mileage on your car. It might help to know your way around a little bit, but they provide printed maps of where you’re going. I thought I was going to bust out the GPS, but I didn’t need to.
I finally did my first delivery this morning. You check in at their office in a building across from Palace Station. They assign you either two or three delivery locations that are in close proximity to each other. You get the bags of food and you’re off.
I didn’t care where my deliveries were, so they gave me a couple of seniors near Mojave and Bonanza. They were virtually across the street from one another. The second Saturday of each month is a larger delivery, so each of my stops got three bags of food. I should really say the fourth Saturday — starting January, they will do deliveries on the 2^nd and 4^th Saturdays of each month.
It only took me maybe a total of 70 minutes from arriving at their office to returning to their office. I think most of my time was spent waiting to be assigned (there was a long line of volunteers for them to process and get underway). I came straight back because they need the signed delivery slips as proof for their funding purposes. I saw some people still leaving for their deliveries as I returned.
I would definitely do this again.