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Client Intake Volunteer

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ORGANIZATION: CUMAC

  • 18 people are interested
Client Intake
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CUMAC is looking for a friendly, focused, efficient volunteer to help fill out client intake forms during Saturday food pantry hours. This position would involve the following:

  • helping to set up the pantry in the morning
  • sitting at the client intake desk and helping individuals fill out the necessary paperwork to receive food
  • helping with light deconstruction at the end of the day
This pantry serves around 60 individuals during a two-hour window. It is facepaced, but offers a facinating learning opportunity as well as a chance to play an important role in work to feed the hungry. Volunteer will be working side by side with management, who can provide orientation and guidance at all times.

Help is needed every other Saturday starting June 6 from 9am-12pm (start date can be pushed back if needed).

Bilingual (Spanish) is preferred but not required.

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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

Faith-Based
Hunger
Faith-Based, Hunger

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

316 Totowa AvePaterson, NJ 07502

(40.916744,-74.18687)
 

DATE POSTED

May 26, 2015

SKILLS

  • Spanish
  • Administrative Support
  • Customer Service
  • People Skills
  • Verbal / Written Communication

GOOD FOR

N/A

REQUIREMENTS

  • 3 hours twice a month

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