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1 person is interested
Senior Hunger (CSFP) Site Volunteer - Riverside Apartments (Somali/Oromo Speaking)
ORGANIZATION: Second Harvest Heartland
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1 person is interested
Program Overview
Through our Senior Hunger Program, Second Harvest Heartland provides a box of nutritious food each month to low-income seniors 60 years and over. Volunteers in this role provide excellent customer service to our seniors and work alongside other volunteers to ensure the distribution runs smoothly. We are all in this together and with your partnership we can deliver nutritious food to more seniors at risk of hunger.
What you’ll do:
- Assist site partners with set up for food box distribution
- Assist participants in moving through sign-in process and food pick up area
- Verify participants income eligibility
- Life and load a 35+ pound boxes of groceries
What’s in it for you:
- Hands-on food insecurity experience at one of the largest Feeding America food banks
- Networking opportunities & educational events
- Further develop relationship building skills
- Resume builder
What you’re committing to:
- Once monthly for 1 hour, for a minimum of 12 months
- Being fluent in English and Somali and/or Oromo
- Bringing a mindset of listening, learning, and growth to your professional development
- Providing excellent customer service
- Being dependable and reliable
- Having the ability interact patiently and with empathy with participants from diverse backgrounds
When and where will you volunteer:
- Volunteer Location: Riverside Apartments - 2728 E Franklin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55406
- Days of the week: 4th Wednesday of the month
- Time of day: 12pm - 12:45pm
What’s Next?
To Apply: Visit the opportunity on our portal, https://volunteer.2harvest.org/. Click "Respond" and complete the required initiative questions. Someone from Second Harvest Heartland will contact you about next steps.
Second Harvest Heartland conducts background checks on all volunteers in this position. We reserve the right to decline a volunteer, or dismiss a current volunteer, based on the results of the background check.
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About Second Harvest Heartland
Location:
7101 Winnetka Ave No., Brooklyn Park, MN 55428, US
Mission Statement
The mission of Second Harvest Heartland is to end hunger through community partnerships. At Second Harvest Heartland, our volunteer partners do more than enrich our work, they ground us to our mission of ending hunger together. We integrate volunteers into all aspects of creating and delivering solutions that will free our neighbors of hunger.
Description
More than a food bank, Second Harvest Heartland is a leading partner in the policies and programs that work to end hunger, like SNAP, school meals and senior nutrition programs, and we’re an innovator in the areas where food can be the solution, like FOODRx and Minnesota Central Kitchen.
Second Harvest Heartland is a member of Feeding America, a national network of more than 200 food banks serving every state in the United States. Membership means access to millions of pounds of surplus food and grocery donations from manufacturers and producers throughout the country.
Working with our network of partners, volunteers and donors as well as people like you, our 90,000+ square feet of dry, refrigerator and freezer space is constantly accepting and distributing donations. Our fleet of trucks travels nearly half a million miles a year, picking up food donations and delivering them to local food shelves, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, senior community centers and children's after school programs. Each year we distributed more than 100 million meals to our partners in hunger-relief. Learn more at 2harvest.org.
Click here to visit our volunteer portal www.volunteer.2harvest.org and view all available opportunities.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
2728 East Franklin AvenueMinneapolis, MN 55406
DATE POSTED
April 30, 2024
SKILLS
- Administrative Support
- Customer Service
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Once monthly for a minimum of 12 months