28 Mar Food Pantry volunteer opportunities
Our Food Pantry is re-opening to shopping starting mid-April!
To make it a success, we’ll need your help. See our expanded volunteer opportunities below.
We ask all volunteers in our Food Pantry to serve without judgement or prejudice. Now more than ever, it is our job to ensure that anyone who needs help can access food without fear or shame.
Want to sign up? Send me an email or give me a call at (207) 865-3985 ext. 206! And don’t forget, new volunteers need to complete our online volunteer application.
FOOD PANTRY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES APRIL 2021
Food Pantry Distribution Assistant(s)
- Provide excellent customer service to in-person food pantry patrons as they shop
- Distribute pre-packed bags of meats, canned goods and dry goods to food pantry patrons
- This position is INSIDE the food pantry and will be located behind a plexiglass barrier with available PPE
- Ability to lift and carry 30 pounds is required
- Ability walk and stand during shift; bending, twisting, pushing, pulling, lifting, carrying, stooping as needed
- Ability to serve without judgement or prejudice and with complete confidentiality is required
- This position can be filled with one or two people from the same household
- Shifts are Mondays 10:45 am – 1:00 pm and 12:45 – 3:15 pm and Tuesdays 9:15 – 11:45 am
- Ideally volunteers will commit to a regular weekly or monthly shift
Food Pantry Set-up Assistant(s)
- Organize and neatly display donated foods such as produce, dairy, deli, bakery, and breads, etc.
- This position is INSIDE the food pantry, but will be completed before the pantry opens to the public
- Ability to lift and carry 15 pounds is required
- Ability walk and stand during shift; bending, twisting, pushing, pulling, lifting, carrying, stooping as needed
- Ability to serve without judgement or prejudice and with complete confidentiality is required
- This position can be filled with one or two people from the same household
- Shift is Tuesdays 8:00 – 9:15 am
- Ideally volunteers will commit to a regular weekly or monthly shift
Food Pantry Greeter / Occupancy Monitor
- Welcoming food pantry patrons to the center (during hours when the Thrift Shop is closed)
- Reminding food pantry patrons about COVID-related safety precautions, such as wearing a mask and using the FCS temperature scanning machine
- Counting patrons as they enter and exit the building, per safe occupancy requirements
- Ability to use FCS computer or iPad to collect food pantry documentation is required
- Ability to serve without judgement or prejudice and with complete confidentiality is required
- This position is situated at the front door of FCS (not inside the food pantry), behind a physical barrier with available PPE
- Shifts are Mondays 10:45 am – 1:00 pm and 12:45 – 3:00 pm
- Ideally volunteers will commit to a regular weekly or monthly shift
Thank you for your interest in volunteering at Freeport Community Services!
For more information, or to sign-up to volunteer please contact Susan Adams, Volunteer Coordinator, sadams@FCSmaine.org or (207) 865-3985 ext. 206.
With gratitude for all you do!