Food Shelf Aide

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Please apply to be a NorthPoint Inc volunteer at https://www.volgistics.com/ex/portal.dll/ap?ap=335122860

Health and Safety around COVID-19:

Please take all necessary precautions if you are health compromised or caring for someone with compromised health.  Please do not volunteer if you or anyone in your household has tested positive for COVID-19.

 
Please do not volunteer if you are sick or anyone in your household is sick or experiencing any of the following symptoms: Fever, Cough, Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, Chills, Headache, Muscle pain, Sore throat, New loss of taste or smell

This list is subject to change to reflect the current public health recommendations.  For more information, see the Minnesota Department of Health website: https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/index.html

Required face coverings:

All staff and volunteers are required to wear face coverings that cover both mouth and nose and are secure with ear loops.For the sake of health and safety, we ask volunteers to wear their own cloth-mask on their face when they come to the food shelf building and grounds. You have the option to swap it for a NorthPoint disposable mask once you arrive.  NorthPoint will provide disposable masks and gloves during yours shift.
 
Assignments:
Volunteers will be assigned to packing boxes of dry food, bagging produce, receiving and stocking donations and purchased food deliveries.  NorthPoint staff will have direct contact with customers (not volunteers) to register and receive food. When you arrive for your shift, please use the back door of the Food Shelf to enter and wash your hands in the breakroom or bathroom.  Then go to the front desk to get disposable gloves and a replacement mask if you want one.   You should review the symptom listed and take your temperature at the volunteer desk; you will be shown how to do this at orientation. Then sign in to Volgistics to record your time in and please remember to sign out at the end of your shift too.  Our Food Shelf Supervisor will provide you with training at your first shift as well.
 
How to Dress and What to Bring:
Please wear closed-toe shoes to protect your feet from boxes and pallets.  No sandals please.  Please dress modestly with shorts that come to the knee or long pants and short or long sleeves.  We ask volunteers to wear their own cloth-mask on the food shelf grounds and building. You may swap your mask for a NorthPoint disposable mask once you arrive.  There will be bottled drinking water on site but you are also encouraged to bring your own reusable water bottle.  Hand sanitizer will be available throughout the building too. 
 
Directions and Parking:

More information provided once scheduled through Larissa via Volgistics

Larissa Little, Volunteer Engagement Coordinator

llittle@npimn.org; 612-767-0324 phone/text