Community Meal Service @ the Community Kitchen and Pantry

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Project Description
Food Bank For New York City’s Community Kitchen distributes nutritious hot meals to nearly 500 community members daily. During Community Meal dining hours, community members come to the Community Kitchen to sit down and enjoy a hot meal. Volunteers are needed to welcome guests and serve these dinners in an elevated dining experience.

Tasks during the shift may include:

• Greeting guests as they arrive and ushering them to an open seat.
• Serving guests their dinner by bringing their meal to them at their table, similar to a restaurant.
• Bussing tables as guests leave to prepare them for the next guest.
• We ask that you are flexible as the positions may vary or change based on needs for the day.

Things to Consider:

• Volunteers should be comfortable engaging closely with the community members throughout their shift. Our Kitchen is a safe space. All staff, clients, and volunteers are expected to adhere to our Code of Conduct.
• Volunteers should be comfortable handling a variety of food items including, but not limited to, meat, seafood and dairy products. If you require an adjusted role due to any religious, dietary or allergy concerns, please email volunteer@foodbanknyc.org before registering for a shift to discuss accommodation.
• This is an active position and volunteers should be prepared to stand for the duration of the shift.
• If you are bilingual, please let us know!
• Limited onsite storage is available for personal belongings, but we recommend traveling light and leaving valuables at home. Please bring a reusable water bottle to stay hydrated throughout the shift.
• Please only register for this opportunity if you are sure you can attend for the full shift duration. Due to limited space in our volunteer area, we ask that you do not arrive more than 10 minutes prior to your scheduled start time. If anything changes with your availability, please cancel your registration on the Volunteer Portal at least 24 hours in advance.
• All volunteers must be at least 18 years old.
• Due to limited capacity, this opportunity is not open to groups.

Shift Schedule:

• Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 3:30PM-6:30PM

Dress Code:Please review carefully as our dress code is critical to ensuring the safety of our volunteers as well as to preserving the quality of the food.

• Volunteers are expected to present a neat appearance and dress according to the requirements
• Volunteers are expected to present a neat appearance and dress according to the requirements of the volunteer shift.
• Kitchen volunteers must wear clothing that completely covers the chest, shoulders, underarms, torso and knees.
• Please refrain from wearing see-through clothing.
• Sturdy, closed-toe, closed-heel shoes are required for safety. Ballet flats, loafers, sandals, slide shoes, flip flops, Crocs, and high-heels are not allowed.
• Volunteers will be provided with hair nets and aprons onsite. Please be prepared to tie long hair back.
• Our staff reserves the right to turn away or reassign volunteers not dressed appropriately for their shift.

Registration:

• All volunteers must register on Food Bank for New York City's Volunteer Portal in order to participate: https://volunteer.foodbanknyc.org/