Outdoor Market Volunteers

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The Schenectady Greenmarket is looking for volunteers to help us provide local food to our community. You can help out one Sunday or several Sundays if you're available! Volunteer descriptions can be found below.

Volunteer Assignments (morning and afternoon shifts):

Set Up AM 7:30-9:30

Assist with loading truck with equipment and supplies from building to move to market.

Set up tents, tables and chairs for market table, music, community tables, kids table.

Set up barricades, cones, and signage before the market opens.

Take Down PM 1:30-3

Pack up supplies from market table and kids table.

Assist with taking down tents tables, chairs, signs and loading truck to return to the building.

Take down and store barricades and cones.

Help unload truck at building and secure all market items.

Food Box Assistant AM 9:45-12 PM 12-2

Help Food Box customers get their boxes and pay via cash or EBT cards.

Market Assistant AM 7:30-12 PM 12-3

Morning

Help set up market table, community tables, market signage, tents etc.

Greet morning musicians and help them with set up as needed.

Greet other morning volunteers and City Mission Ambassadors and help them get set up.

Greet community table groups and help them get set up.

Once market opens monitor main entrance to market, count incoming customers and record in the market log.

Help customers find vendors and help manager with any problems.

Offer vendors an opportunity to take a break, do not handle sales while they are gone.

Afternoon

Greet afternoon musicians and help them with set up as needed.

Greet other afternoon volunteers and help them get set up.

Monitor main entrance to market, count incoming customers and record in the market log.

Help customers find vendors and help manager with any problems.

Offer vendors an opportunity to take a break, do not handle sales while they are gone.

Assist Market Manager with token collection and check distribution during the last half hour of market.

Assist with taking down the market.

Cashier & Assistant Cashier Responsibilities AM 9:45-12 PM 12-2:15

Process credit/debit and EBT/SNAP transactions and administer tokens to customers. Sell market bags. Volunteers can divide these tasks however works for them.

Kids Table AM 10-12 PM 12-2

We provide simple projects and coloring sheets based around a weekly theme, for kids to do at market.

Volunteers help kids choose what to work on and supervise children.

Mostly the role is to let parents and children know there is a kid centered activity and to be a welcoming face.