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9 people are interested
Support Local Seniors with Monthly Grocery Distribution
ORGANIZATION: Second Harvest Heartland
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9 people are interested
Help Second Harvest Heartland provide a box of nutritious food each month to low-income seniors 60 years and over through the Nutrition Assistance Program for Seniors (NAPS). Seniors are given a box of highly nutritious food. The packages may include canned fruits, vegetables and juices, dry and UHT milk, American cheese, canned meat, peanut butter or dried beans, cereal, rice or pasta. Volunteers in this position assist or lead at a distribution site where Second Harvest Heartland gives out the boxes. We go into the community to make picking up a box of grocery’s convenient to the seniors; we meet them where they are at.
Site Volunteers provide excellent customer service to our clients and work alongside the other volunteers at the distribution. This is a once a month position for 2-3 hours per month. Minimum 1-year commitment.
Current openings:
- Horn Towers in Minneapolis on the 3rd Thursday of the month from 12:00-1:45pm
- Ebenezer Park Apartments in Minneapolis on the 2nd Monday of the month from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (focus on carrying boxes)
- Nicollet Towers in Minneapolis on the 4th Tuesday of the month from 9-10:30am(Russian speaking volunteers needed!)
More opportunities with Second Harvest Heartland
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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
West Metro SitesMinneapolis, MN 55431
DATE POSTED
January 14, 2020
SKILLS
- Organization
- People Skills
- Customer Service
- Relationship Building
- Food Delivery / Distribution
- Multi-Tasking
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 2-3 hours once a month