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42 people are interested
My Market Pantry Volunteers
ORGANIZATION: Food for Others
Please visit the new page to apply.
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42 people are interested
MyMarket volunteers serve our clients efficiently with quality customer service. Volunteers for the MyMarket client choice pantry may register to serve as greeters, parking leaders, market assistants, or warehouse volunteers.
All volunteers must register in our volunteer system. https://foodforothers.volunteermatters.org/project-catalog/78
MyMarket Qualifications:
- Volunteer shifts are generally Monday-Friday from 9:15am-1:15pm or 1:00-5:00pm
- Volunteers must be at least 18 years old
- Good people skills and comfort interacting with a diverse population
- Must treat participants with respect and dignity
- Bilingual language skills (Spanish, Arabic, Farsi) are helpful, but not required
- This is a physcial job, volunteers will be on their feet for the majority of the shift
- All volunteers must wear closed toe shoes. NO EXCEPTIONS.
- Ability to lift at least 20 lbs
- Headphones are not permitted for safety reasons
- Cell phone use must be limited
MyMarket Tasks:
- Greet clients at the door of our new MyMarket
- Provide clients with basic information on the intake process
- Be available to help clients make choices/answer questions (clients will have the choice of some items that are limitless while others will have limits.)
- Being mindful of food safety, distribute food items available that day
- Provide a final quality control check on all food before distributing to the participant
- Manage parking and traffic operations within Food for Others' parking lot
- Assist staff with loading and unloading boxes and pallets of food
- Sort fresh produce and perishable food from grocery partners
If interested, please register in our volunteer system. https://foodforothers.volunteermatters.org/project-catalog/78
2 Shifts
- 09:15 AM to 01:15 PM
- 01:00 PM to 05:15 PM
- NONE OF THESE TIMES WORK FOR ME, BUT I CAN STILL HELP
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About Food for Others
Location:
2938 Prosperity Avenue, Fairfax, VA 22031, US
Mission Statement
Our mission is to distribute food to our neighbors in need by mobilizing our giving community and volunteers.
Description
In our nation’s capital area, the high cost of living forces many families who are struggling to make ends meet to choose between spending money for food, or on other basic needs such as housing and healthcare. Since 1995, Food for Others has been helping many of these families.
Food for Others is an important part of Northern Virginia’s safety net for those needing food when an emergency strikes and for the growing number of working poor who need to supplement their inadequate food supplies.
Food for Others obtains much of its food through food rescue operations and food drives. Staff and volunteers pick up good food that would have been discarded by local grocery stores and other retail food establishments. The food is brought to the warehouse for temporary storage, including refrigeration as appropriate. Food drives provide the majority of our non-perishable food.
Local merchants, the USDA, food drives, and crop harvests provide the food; volunteers and staff provide the hands; and charitable contributions and fundraising events provide the funds.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
2938 Prosperity AvenueFairfax, VA 22031
DATE POSTED
March 15, 2024
SKILLS
- Multi-Tasking
- Organization
- People Skills
- Problem Solving
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- Volunteers must register online for a shift and stay for the duration of their scheduled shift.