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2 people are interested
Group Leader
ORGANIZATION: CUMAC
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2 people are interested
Group leaders provide organization and leadership to crews of up to 20 volunteers on a semi-regular basis. They play a pivotal role in achieving CUMAC’s mission by engaging supporters in meaningful service and ensuring programs meet their commitment to feeding people and changing lives.
Group Leaders commit to:
- Leading volunteer team service projects on the second Saturday of each month starting at 9:30am and ending between 12pm and 2pm.
- Greet volunteers and supervise sign in for the day
- Give volunteers a tour of CUMAC’s facility and programs
- Work with staff to provide volunteers with direction andsupervision and support needed to complete projects
- Coordinating project activities with CUMAC’s volunteer staff leading into the second Saturday
- Reporting back to volunteer staff in the week following a project
More opportunities with CUMAC
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About CUMAC
Location:
P. O. Box 2721, 223 Ellison Street, Paterson, NJ 07509, US
Mission Statement
CUMAC feeds people and changes lives. It works to alleviate hunger and its root causes for those in need in Paterson, Passaic County and northern New Jersey.
Description
CUMAC acts as one of the largest feeding programs in northern New Jersey. CUMAC's pantry provides food to over 40,000 people a year and our depot handles nearly 2 million pounds of food for a network of 55 feeding programs.
CUMAC runs multiple programs dedicated to addressing the root causes of hunger and poverty. Our Disaster Relief program helps people affected by fire, flood and other disaster. Our Thrift Shop provides high quality, low cost items to low income shoppers. Pathways to Work provides job training to those seeking gainful employment. CUMAC's Place of Promise is a permanent supportive housing program. CUMAC administers the Community Food Coalition of over 25 pantries and agencies committed to serving those in need in Passaic County and surrounding areas. CUMAC's seasonal projects provide school supplies, holiday gifts and other items to close to over 1,000 area youth.
CUMAC is located just off of routes 80 and 4 on/off ramps and we offer off street parking. Volunteers received a comprehensive tour and orientation, staff are on hand at all times to guide and answer questions Join our team of 2,500+ volunteers to feed people and change lives and see why our volunteers become life-long friends!
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
223 Ellison StreetPaterson, NJ 07505
DATE POSTED
July 30, 2014
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Between 3- 5 hours of supervisory work/month
- • Must be able to participate in Aug. orientation