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Opportunity Details

National Volunteer Week | New Jersey Meal Pack | April 2021

Islamic Relief USA will be joining forces with our partners this Ramadan to help combat hunger by assembling meals for families suffering around the world and in our own backyard. We need your help to assemble 10,000 meals here, and over a million meals across the country! Please read all of the information below to ensure you understand our new project guidelines to keep everyone safe!

WHEN: Sunday April 18: 11AM-2PM

WHERE:
110 Central Avenue, Suite 190
Kearny, NJ 07032

Additional Information:
- IRUSA shirts will be provided at the event, please select your shirt size when signing up for this event.
- Age Restriction: If you are planning to bring a child under the age of 14 please email the coordinator listed below so that your child may be listed as a guest (capacity permitting). 
- No children below the age of 8 will be permitted due to warehouse environment and equipment.
- Family members from the same household will be permitted to work at the same station. All members over the age of 14 must register independently to complete screening questions. 

WHAT TO EXPECT:
- Please arrive at the scheduled shift time. --- The shift times are set up to allow for appropriate safety precautions and sanitation. 
- Please arrive with your CDC compliant mask. Volunteers who arrive without a mask will not be able to participate in the project. 
- Maintain a 6 foot minimum distance between all other attendees, you must practice social distancing throughout the project. 
- Please sanitize your hands before, during, and after the project.
- Expect to have your temperature taken at the door (no contact). If you have a fever, please stay home!
- Restroom facilities at the project site are for emergency purposes only and are not managed by Islamic Relief USA. We recommend use of personal facilities before arriving to the project site. 

OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS:
- If you or someone you live with is considered high risk, please consider volunteering in person at a later date.
- If you are experiencing any symptoms related to COVID, please cancel or let your volunteer coordinator know (even if it is the morning of the project). 
- If you are unsure of the risk associated with participating in this project, please reach out to our staff!
- Please refer to the CDC for recommendations and guidelines for most up to date information regarding COVID-19.

Do not attend a volunteer project if in the last 14 days you have:
Traveled abroad
Traveled outside the state of New Jersey or New York
Been on an airplane or cruise
Interacted with anyone who had or has COVID-19
Attended an event with 50+ people
Had a fever 
Have experienced symptoms that could be related to COVID-19 
Have had COVID-19


If you have any questions please email the project coordinator: Dima Akach (dakach@irusa.org)


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Hunger & Homelessness

Age Minimum (with Adult): 16+, Minimum Age:18+

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