15 Hours of Service
Service has been a valued part of this class. Students routinely speak of the learned experiences, lessons, and knowledge they gain from working within a service framework--at PSU and in the greater Portland metropolitan area.
Your 15 Hours of Service component for the class (25%) includes:
●Cumulative hours
●Exam book (green or blue book) submitted with notes, observations, and notable impacts
●15 Hrs of Service paper to Dropbox at the end of the quarter
Of the required 15 hours of service, a minimum of 10 of those hours need to be with the PSU pantry; the other 5 hours can be completed at one of four locations:
●Additional 5 hours with the PSU pantry
○Contact Liddy Champion, Coordinator of the PSU Food Pantry ()
●Potluck in the Park’s commercial kitchen (potluckinthepark.org)
●Harvest Share at PSU (only Mondays, April 11, May 9, June 13; approximately 11.30 a.m.-1.30 p.m.)
●Oregon Food Bank (oregonfoodbank.org)
Info:
- PSU pantry, SMSU basement
○Liddy Champion, Coordinator of the PSU Food Pantry ()
○Food runs (to OFB): unsure of contact for this quarter
■Drivers for food pick-up at OFB
●Students willing to use personal vehicle to meet at OFB to get food
●OFB: 7900 N.E. 33rd Drive, Portland, OR 97211
●Must be at the dock at 8 am; 10 minutes early would be preferred so that I can brief them on protocol
■Unloading and inventory assistance at the pantry
●Meet on campus to help unload food and stock the shelves
●Unloading takes place between Neuberger and Smith
- Potluck in the Park:
●501(c)(3) Nonprofit organization that feeds 400-850 people in need of a substantial, healthy meal every Sunday afternoon. Potluck rents its own commercial kitchen and can use your help (while simultaneously making connections for our PSU pantry and learning more about their operation)
●Potluck’s commercial kitchen, southeast corner of SW 17th Ave and SW Jefferson St.
●This was the typical schedule of need:
○Fridays 7:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
■Gleaning, just one volunteer
■Call on community partners such as OFB, Birch Community, StarBucks, Trader Joe's, New Seasons, Albertsons
■Lifting, loading, unloading van; sorting of product at kitchen
○Saturdays 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
■Kitchen help, can take three volunteers
■Food Prep, cooking, cleaning, dishwashing, loading vans
○Sundays 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
○Sundays 12.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m.
○Sundays 5.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.
●NOTES: PiP kitchen requirements:
○Wear comfortable casual clothes.
○Wear closed toe shoes. Please no sandals or flipflops.
○Long hair must be tied back.
○Able to multi-task & have fun working with an awesome kitchen crew.
○Be ready to make a difference helping Potluck in the Park's mission deliver its best meals for any guests in need of a hot meal and who you may never get a chance to meet.
○Cold, flu, or sick in the preceding 2-3 days or are currently sick, do not come to the kitchen
- Harvest Share
○Harvest Share is sponsored by the Oregon Food Bank and is offered at PSU the second Monday of each month. It is a large offering of free produce to anyone who comes to Harvest Share. It is sponsored by our partner, CISFS. We distribute between 6,000 and 10,000 lbs of food in less than two hours!
- Oregon Food Bank,