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Food Bank Distributor - Southeast Tacoma Nourish

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ORGANIZATION: Nourish Pierce County

Nourish PC

Nourish Pierce County service 470,000 visits each year through the power of volunteers. Food Bank Distributors directly serve our neighbors in need by assisting clients as they walk through the food bank and self select enough food for 3 meals a day for 3 days. This position requires excellent customer service and a desire to serve the community!

Job Description:

  • The Distributor will always show compassion, dignity, and respect to all clients and other volunteers.
  • Floor Lead will assign volunteers to the area that they will be working.
  • The Distributor will help the client with the number of choices they have per posted guidelines.
  • Distributors will assist clients with their choices for their food, providing suggestions on how to best use items available.
  • Distributors will up-stock and keep labels facing out.
  • Distributors will keep their distribution area clean.
    • Pull any food found on shelves that are spoiled or severely damaged.
      • Place spoilage in designated spoilage bins
    • If there is a spill in your area, block the spill, tell the Floor Lead, so that the line may be stopped and the spill can be cleaned up.
      • Break down all cardboard and place in the recycle bin outside
    • Closing shift workers are responsible for
      • Sweeping and Mop distribution area including under all shelves and refrigeration units.

All remaining perishable return to either refrigerators or freezers as required.

Shifts:
Mondays and Fridays 10:30am-2pm, 1:30-4:30pm
Wednesdays 10:30am-2pm, 1:30-4:30pm, 3pm-6pm

*There is flexibility in shift start times, but volunteers are asked to stay through the end of the shift.

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About Nourish Pierce County

Location:

1702 S 72nd St, Ste E, Tacoma, WA 98408, US

Mission Statement

To provide nutritious food and support services to people in need with compassion, dignity and respect.

Description

Nourish Pierce County (formerly FISH Food Banks) is about people.

Volunteers, clients, donors, supporters, neighbors, seniors, children, the working poor, loving families.

Nourish Pierce County is about Community.

The neighborhoods we serve, creating connections within each food bank, a supportive network, the village of volunteers it takes to accomplish monthly food distribution to nearly 50,000 people.

Nourish Pierce County is about Stories.

Transforming lives, supporting each other, clients giving back to the organization that supports them in hard times, the joy on a child’s face when she receives a cake and stuffed animal to make her birthday special, hardships and tears, joy and accomplishments.

CAUSE AREAS

Community
Hunger
Seniors
Community, Hunger, Seniors

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

1704 East 85thTacoma, WA 98445

(47.17964,-122.40608)
 

SKILLS

  • Truck Driving
  • People Skills
  • Food Delivery / Distribution
  • Verbal / Written Communication
  • Inventory Management

GOOD FOR

  • Teens
  • People 55+
  • Public Groups

REQUIREMENTS

  • Background Check
  • Must be at least 11
  • Orientation or Training
  • One or more 4 hour shift each month
  • Ability to work on your feet for several hours. Comfortable working in a busy environment.

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