There are plenty of opportunities to serve! Here are the 3 STEPS to get involved:
- Register to Volunteer/Serve
- Read Service Descriptions (OR read the list of general work items below)
- Sign up for Shifts/See My Schedule
Volunteers are asked to fill a variety of roles or complete various tasks (with proper supervision/training, of course!) according to what we have going on at the time:
If we are prepping for a shopping day
- Mondays 1-hour spots open between 9:00AM-2:00PM
- Thursdays 1-hour spots open between 9:00AM-12:00PM
- Fridays 1-hour spots open between 12:00PM-2:00PM
OR if we are open for shopping
- Mondays 1-hour spots open between 2:00PM-8:00PM
- Thursdays 1-hour spots open between 12:00PM-6:00PM
YOUR VALUABLE HELP MAY INCLUDE:
- welcoming/greeting our members & scanning their membership cards as they enter S&R to shop
- staging food items on pallets or racks for shopping
- stocking coolers with assorted fresh produce items
- filling rolling freezers with frozen food items for shopping
- “fluffing & facing” items during shopping hours (keep things as accessible and attractive as possible)
- breaking down (flattening) cardboard boxes for recycling
- sorting donated produce for spoilage (& disposing of spoilage in our compost bins)
- repackaging bulk dry, fresh, or frozen foods into smaller family-size bags/containers
- cleaning free-standing coolers
- cleaning rolling (horizontal) freezers
- sorting & taking inventory of canned goods
- sorting & inventory of breakfast items (cereal, granola bars, oatmeal, etc.)
- sorting & taking inventory of protein boxes (peanut butter & dry beans)
- unpacking pallets of mixed items & moving them into various storage areas with like items
- packing dry goods bags for delivery to quarantined TeamUAMS
- packing fresh and/or frozen boxes for delivery to quarantined TeamUAMS
- rolling carts of recycling and/or trash to respective on-site dumpsters