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3 people are interested
St. Louis MetroMarket
ORGANIZATION: Operation Food Search
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3 people are interested
The St. Louis MetroMarket is a mobile grocery store that travels to areas with limited access to fresh, healthy food. MetroMarket’s innovative approach uses a customer model to empower the community to shop at significantly lower prices than retail grocers. Fresh, affordable produce has been carefully selected from local farm partners and is brought directly to partner sites in the community.
Warehouse Volunteers:
Warehouse Volunteers are a vital part of the St. Louis MetroMarket crew. Warehouse Volunteers will help ensure that the MetroMarket is ready to go into the community filled with fresh produce. This volunteer opportunity is fun and fast paced, requiring high energy, fast learning, a great attitude, and the ability to think on your feet.
Volunteers must be able to:
- Lift at least 25 pounds
- Stand for 2 hours
Volunteer task include:
- Packing bags of fresh produce
- Loading items onto the bus
- General cleaning
- Disposing of bad produce
- Stamping MetroMarket logo onto bags
Warehouse volunteers are scheduled for Wednesday-Friday.
Volunteers are required to wear a mask and be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Important information:
- Wear close toed shoes, no sandals are allowed for safety concerns.
- You will be in a warehouse setting, please wear casual clothes that can get dirty.
- Feel free to bring water bottles, we have a fountain that you can refill them at.
More opportunities with Operation Food Search
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Operation Food Search
Location:
1644 Lotsie Boulevard, SAINT LOUIS, MO 63132, US
Mission Statement
The mission of Operation Food Search is to nourish and educate our neighbors in need to heal the hurt of hunger.
Description
Established in 1981 to address the growing problem of hunger, Operation Food Search has become the largest distributor of free food in the bi-state area helping to feed the region's poor.
Operation Food Search distributes more than 1.5 million pounds of food and household items to 250 community partner agencies that in turn feed 120,000 poor people every single month. Nearly half of the recipients are children.
The OFS service area includes 30 Illinois and Missouri counties surrounding the City of St. Louis.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Operation Food Search1644 Lotsie BlvdSt. Louis, MO 63132
DATE POSTED
July 6, 2022
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 16
- Volunteers are required to wear a mask and be vaccinated against COVID-19. Wear close toed shoes, no sandals are allowed for safety concerns.