Three Square

A small group of my friends and I volunteered here on a Saturday morning. We cleaned plastic bins that were going to be used to pack meals for the community. The coordinators were very helpful and informative, enthusiastic and friendly. A follow up email was sent to me by a coordinator on the same day that we volunteered, thanking our group and including a photo of us. It was awesome! Hope to return here and help again soon!

My team and I came here twice in a week to fulfill our mandatory holiday hours for work, and we couldn’t have chosen a better way to serve. The facility is absolutely gorgeous, and immaculate. The team is friendly, upbeat and on the same page. They explain the entire story of Three Square to you, and set you up for success while volunteering by getting your heart in the right place. Taking every precaution to be sanitary, you’re fit with gloves and a hairnet after washing your hands.
Inside the kitchen, you’re assigned to a line and shown what to do. There are ‘runners’ who will refill your station for you when you run out of food, so you don’t have to leave your post. The process is organized and precise, and you’re mixed in with experienced volunteers so there’s help all around you if it’s needed. Perfection.
I love that in a mere 4 hours, you’re able to help pump out up to 10,000 meals for those who don’t have access to them. …and we’re not talking fast food. These are healthy, balanced meals that will fuel bodies instead of bogging them down. I love it.
My team had such an incredible experience here, that we plan to volunteer once each month.
I’m super impressed by you, Three Square. Thank you for all you do for our community! :)

I came here for the first time and had a blast! My mom and I came for the kids café. It was a lot of fun and we created meals in the form of an assembly line! I am definitely coming back a lot!

I went with the Meadows school as a volunteer. I was blown away by this place. Its big, extremely clean and well organized. The employees that run the facility should be very proud of what they have to offer and any foundation would be proud to be a part of Three Square.

Love volunteering with this organization. With any amount of time you have to volunteer, there are different ways the organization needs you. Whether it’s packing lunches in the morning, answering phones at front desk, or putting together grocery bags of food, it’s a fun, social, and productive use of your extra time.

This is one of the best places I have ever volunteered! Everyone here is so welcoming and helpful! The way that they designed this place is so fun! My favorite part about volunteering here is that you can really see how much everyone loves their job here and how passionate they are about helping to end hunger.

I came here about three times with my service organization and it’s without a doubt a great place to volunteer at! Anything that involves giving back to my community, I’m all in. I love this place because it allows people to help other people who need it. Hunger is an existing issue in Vegas, and Three Square is an organization that made it possible to create change to feed as much of our hunger population in Vegas.
When I volunteer, it is always food-​packing meals for students, or packing assorted fruits in bundles. Either way, we were always dealing with a sanitary environment with special instructions on the amount and quality of food we’re supposed to pack.
It takes a couple of hours to get as much in as we can. It’s like working in a fast paced environment and always constantly on the move. I absolutely have no problem with that when I know that the more we’re able to make, the more we’re able to feed.
This is a great organization with a large and clean environment to work in. The workers are informative and very friendly. I know that the org has a lot of potential in making bigger changes here. If you’re about serving the community, come down to three square!

People helping people, this is what life is truly about and Three Square is doing a great job and I thank everyone involved that helps make this happen. This type of corporation is what the world needs more of and may the billionaires out there that finally realizing the years of taking from others and the earth at all lives expense use Three Square as a model to build something constructive that truly serves.

This was my first time volunteering with Three Square.
I always wanted to go, but I finally got the chance to come fill up food boxes with my coworkers. The sign in process was quick and they set us up with everything we needed to get going and were helpful when we had questions or needed anything.
I have heard great things about the organization over the years and look forward to helping out again in the future.

What can you say about an organization that feeds food insecure Las Vegans on a daily basis?
THEY ARE AMAZING, FANTASTIC, SUPERB, BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL AND MORE!!!
Not only do they supply all the other non-​profits in the majority of the state, they also have a great kids food backpack program. Volunteers pack bags of food for kids who do have a meal when they get home at night or for the weekends they are out of school.
I’ve volunteer a handful of times here and every time I am impressed at how much they do and how much they have grown in the past five years.
Volunteering with this organization is easy and there are plenty of opportunity. Go to their site and sign up online.

This place is awesome, they really make you feel like you’ve made a difference after you volunteer. This is going to be a regular visit for me and my family.
Anyone who is looking to help, I fully support this organization and it’s purpose.

I volunteered with my coworkers to do boxed lunches for schools. This place is highly organized and the purpose. Is to feed schools and shelters, etc. They have plenty of volunteer events throughout the month and serve the whole southern Nevada area. The only other one is located in Reno. They have two hour shifts to pack meals or distribute packages to go out for delivery.
I have to say I’m thankful for the opportunity and will pass the word on to my friends to do this with me! ! Let’s go!!!

— Thank you, Three Square, so much for organizing Restaurant Week twice a year.
— All other city’s Restaurant Week I know of are only once a year. On top of that, those city’s (DC, LA…) Restaurant Week doesn’t even include a philanthropic component (where the restaurants donate a portion of proceeds to charity) so by that fact alone Vegas’ Restaurant Week’s are superior.

I came with my job to volunteer and I enjoyed every min of it. Never knew about this organization and I’m glad I do now.
Can’t wait to come back.

Three Square has to be in my top 3 favorite charities in Las Vegas. Their mission is simple, feed local families in need. At school, at home, at work, on weekends… Three Square is there to help feed members of the community. They are savvy enough to throw some great event while fund raising, so check out their website for upcoming events. Also take a look at the volunteer schedule. There are opportunities almost every day and it’s an easy process to get a group signed up for a day of volunteering. The Unilocal volunteer day was on a Thursday morning and we ended up packing weekend bags of food for children. It was an easy gig (there were children and seniors helping out) and overall we packed over 3200 weekend meals in about 2 hours. Not into volunteering? That’s OK. This is one charity where your money is well spent if you feel like donating some green bills.

I volunteered with a group from Unilocal to help with the «backpack for kids» program. Bins were organized along 2 sides and ready for us to gladly tackle it! We put on our handy dandy Unilocal finger-​less gloves (thanks Drew!), grabbed a plastic bag, went down the line putting the amount posted on each food/​drink bin in the bag and repeated the process until we were finished. It only took a couple of hours and together we packed over 3,200 bags! It’s such a shame any child is hungry, but thank heavens for this program! These will go to children who might have nothing to eat over the weekend or when they are not at school. I had obviously heard of Three Square before, but I had no idea about this program as well the other volunteer opportunities available. I’m happy to have helped knowing how many kids were given meals and plan on volunteering here again! You should too!
Check the calender on their website or call for upcoming opportunities that you can get involved in!

I took some time to volunteer at 3 squares and I had an amazing experience! Their food bank was very organized, they really know what they are doing there! It’s very nice to see that this non profit organization is able to reach out to so many people!
During our volunteer time we packed 3260 meals for students!!! That was such a gratifying feeling! All you need to do is to donate 2 hours of your time and about 3000 kids will benefit from your efforts.

I went to Three Square last night for the Roasting Las Vegas fund raising event. The title of the program was «Roasting Las Vegas: The Critics can DISH it out, but can they take it?» As it turns out, they can and it was a lot of fun!
When I arrived at Three Square, my first time there, I was taken back by the huge size of the buildings where canned food is stored for distribution, other food is prepared for delivery to kitchens for serving those in need, and all the other space needed for helping to feed the hungry in Las Vegas. The numbers are staggering but the one that hit me the most was that they serve one in four children in Las Vegas. That’s a staggering number of kids who depend on Three Square to augment or provide their food needs.
The three reviewers being roasted were Max Jacobson, Al Mancini, and John Curtas. Their reviews appear in the local free papers and they are known to the foodie community in Las Vegas. This was a chance for the chefs to fight back, so to speak, and roast these critics for what they’ve said in their past reviews. Chefs there to roast were Todd Harrington (executive chef of Central by Michel Richard in Caesars), Stephen Hopcraft (executive chef of STK in the Cosmopolitan and former Top Chef contestant), Gary LaMorte (corporate chef for the Michael Mina Group), Vic Vegas (executive chef of Vic’s Restaurant in Henderson and former Next Food Network Star contestant), Carla Pellegrino (executive chef of Bratalian Neapolitan Cantina in Town Square and former Top Chef contestant), and Beni Valasquez (exceutive chef at the Bar + Bistro in the Arts District). Also roasting was Theresa Woo of the family that owns Fu in the Hard Rock Hotel).
It was a fun evening with a lot of laughs, some good food, and good beer and wine or so my table mates told me. I managed to get a table near the front and next to the three tables where the chefs and their friends sat. What a great way to help Three Square and get to see and hear the chefs we know and the critics we read.
Now it’s time for me to volunteer some time at Three Square and help out with their amazing work on behalf of the people in need in Las Vegas and Southern Nevada. Next up for fundraising is Dish 2013 on September 26^th at the Palms Hotel and Casino. Join me there!

I’ve had Three Square Food Bank bookmarked for quite some time. I even remember reaching out to fellow Unilocaler, Cresta I, who use to have weekly check in’s here. She gave me the scoop, told me how to sign up, and then it was up to me. Fast forward a couple of months later and I still haven’t volunteered here. It wasn’t until Terri R organized a sort-​a-​thon for us Unilocalers, that I finally got the chance to give back. Terri is the best and sets this up monthly.
Three Squares Food Bank is clean and very organized. To volunteer, you don’t have to procrastinate like me and wait for a Unilocal round up. You can complete an application in person or sign up through their website. Yes, it’s that easy. Once you’re signed up and commited, Three Square will assign different jobs depending on what’s needed. Our job was to sort pallets of food, drinks, snacks, baby items, clothing, and miscellanous items. Once sorted, the pallets are then brought into their warehouse pending distribution. If you’re willing to donate about 3 hours of your time to give back, I recommend giving Three Square Food Bank a shot.

Once again the Palms Pools provided a welcoming venue for the 4^th Annual Dish Las Vegas event benefiting Three Square and its efforts to provide food for the hungry and strive to establish a hunger free community. There were not as many local restaurants participating this year, and beef was less prevalent than scallops, but with the dynamic Zowie Bowie and Marley Taylor performing and backed by an energetic band, the live entertainment was much improved, and there was still fine food aplenty.
My favorite samplings this time were N9NE’s huge King Crab Claws, excellent Crab Cake and hot Shrimp from Rhythm Kitchen, Cold Filet Salad and delicious Seared Scallop with a spicy bite and creamy Potato Foam offered by The Charcoal Room, excellent Russian Black Caviar graciously provided by Artisinal Foods, and Chocolate Hazelnut Cake and several other decadent desserts laid out by Chocolate & Spice Bakery.
Besides the scantilly-​dressed lady whose body was painted with bright colors during the event, one of the most interesting looking dishes was RM Seafood’s Peruvian Bay Scallop on a bed of Chinese Black Beans with Lime & Micro Mint inside a clam shell. I got to meet and speak with its owner and Executive Chef, Rick Moonen, as well as Executive Chef Stephen Hopcroft of STK. A couple of my eating experiences were mixed. Top of the World’s Salmon with Lemon Buerre Blanc contained tasty salmon, but the strong lemony flavor of the Lemon Buerre Blanc overwhelmed the fish. And, although I liked NOVE’s grilled Pork Belly with Butternut Squash, the flatbread that accompanied it was rather bland and undistinguished.
The night passed swiftly and enjoyably as the 300 or so attendees sampled various culinary inventions. And it was all for a very good cause!