A Simple Gesture Volunteer Sorting Shift Listed on Greensboro Jewish Federation Calendar

A Simple Gesture volunteer sorting shifts are listed on the Greensboro Jewish Federation community calendar as hosted at Jewish Family Services, 5509‑C West Friendly Ave., Greensboro, NC 27410, with multiple entries showing a 10:00AM - 12:00PM shift. Several calendar snippets reproduce the event language, including the line: "Join us at JFS from 10 a.m. - Noon as we sort 1500-3000 pounds of food from A Simple Gesture. We will weigh, sort ch…"

The calendar contains repeated day-number entries for those sorting shifts; examples in the provided pages show "22 2026 10:00AM - 12:00PM," "24 2026 10:00AM - 12:00PM," "27 2026 10:00AM - 12:00PM," and "31 2026 10:00AM - 12:00PM" listed at Jewish Family Services, 5509‑C West Friendly Ave. The listings appear on both the JFS-branded pages and the Greensboro Jewish Federation pages, with address text varying between "5509‑C West Friendly Ave.," "5509‑C W. Friendly Ave.," and "5509‑C West Friendly Avenue" across snippets.

The published event copy includes a discrepant estimate of incoming food volumes. Multiple entries use "1500-3000 pounds" in the calendar text, while at least one fragment reads "Come help us sort between 1500-3500 pounds of food. We need help carrying bags of food, checking expiration dates, an…" Both phrasings appear on the supplied calendar excerpts; the source materials do not resolve whether the range varies by date or was edited between postings.

Contact information embedded in the calendar pages lists Jewish Family Services' staff contact as Alicia Kaplan with phone (336) 852-4829 and the Greensboro Jewish Federation main phone as (336) 852-5433. Calendar footers on the pages identify the platform as "Powered by FEDWEB ®" and carry copyright lines reading "Copyright © 2026 Greensboro Jewish Federation. All Rights Reserved." and "Copyright © 2026 Jewish Family Services of Greensboro. All Rights Reserved."

The federation’s calendar guidance appears on the same platform and explains distribution and timing for community events: the Greensboro Jewish Federation sends its weekly E-news every Thursday at approximately 11 am and asks organizers to post on the Community Calendar and follow up with the Federation marketing team by 1 p.m. on Tuesdays for inclusion. Page fragments also show the site moderation note that "The Federation reserves the right to moderate, edit, or decline any submitted events," which may account for variations in wording across listings.

Calendar metadata contains small inconsistencies: one page fragment shows "### 38 Upcoming Events" while another shows "### 37 Upcoming Events." The provided snippets also include unrelated JFS events such as a book club ("Unlike most book clubs, this one does not have an assigned book. Instead come and enjoy a treat while discussing what…") and a Zoom listing for the Asheville JCC, indicating the A Simple Gesture listings appear in a broader community feed.

The calendar extracts omit month names for the listed day numbers (for example "22 2026"), and some event descriptions are truncated after "ch…" or "an…". The entries identify Alicia Kaplan at (336) 852-4829 and the federation at (336) 852-5433 as contacts; organizers can clarify exact dates, whether the shifts are recurring, the definitive food-weight expectation, and full volunteer-task lists.