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26 people are interested
Food Pantry Volunteer
ORGANIZATION: El Buen Samaritano Episcopal Mission
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26 people are interested
Food insecurity contributes to poor health outcomes and impacts a child’s physical and psychological health - impacting academic success. With help from community partners, we provide healthy fruits, vegetables and dairy products, in addition to staples like beans, rice, bread and canned goods.
El Buen’s Food Pantry is a key component of our basic needs program. Many of our food pantry clients are families who are experiencing a temporary setback or are working but unable to make ends meet, so that feeding a family becomes difficult.
Role and Responsibilities
Volunteers help sort food, stock pantry shelves and work directly with clients. They provide assistance to families assembling their bags of healthy food and give recipes for them to take home to their families. Volunteers are a friendly face to our clients as they are experiencing difficult times.
- Cheerfully greet each client/family as they enter the food pantry
- Prepare produce boxes for families
- Re-stock food shelves
- Interface with clients to help select and bag food
- Stay standing for the shift
- Some volunteers may be asked to assist with client intake and data entry if interested (bilingual required)
- Tuesdays 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
- Wednesdays 9:00 AM- 12:00 PM
- Thursdays 9:00 AM- 12:00 PM
- Every 2nd & 4th Friday 9:00 AM- 12:00 PM
COMMITMENT:
- 3-4 times a month
For any questions please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Roxanna Fuentes at rfuentes@elbuen.org
More opportunities with El Buen Samaritano Episcopal Mission
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About El Buen Samaritano Episcopal Mission
Location:
7000 Woodhue Dr., Austin, TX 78745, US
Mission Statement
El Buen Samaritano, an outreach ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas serving the Latino community of Central Texas, is committed to recognizing the dignity of all by ensuring access to healthcare, education and essential needs that lead to healthy, productive and secure lives.
Description
Since its inception, El Buen has been at the forefront of responding to the many social-environmental factors leading to lack of access to health care, social services, education, and nutrition. Over time, El Buen has adapted to meet the community needs that come with population growth, immigration, and economic fluctuations.
This adaptation to change has led to our comprehensive strategy of becoming a "one stop shop" to address the needs of the Latino and Spanish-speaking community in Travis County and surrounding areas. Through our Family and Health Literacy programming, El Buen provides education (ESL, Digital Literacy, Adult Basic Education and High School Equivalency in Spanish), workforce development, child and adolescent development (parenting and school-readiness, after school tutoring, and summer camp), health literacy (access to health services, chronic disease management classes and screenings), a year-round, no-cost food pantry, and a community garden where clients can grow their own healthy food. These services are provided by bilingual bicultural staff that includes community health workers (CHWs), volunteers, and health and social services practitioners
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
7000 Woodhue DrAustin, TX 78745
DATE POSTED
December 13, 2019
SKILLS
- People Skills
- Nutrition
- Relationship Building
- Food Delivery / Distribution
- Spanish
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- 9:00AM - 12:00PM