Need in Greendale, WI
Food Pantry Volunteers
Where: Greendale, WI
Shared by St. Alphonsus Church on
The food pantry has many ways to help, even if you can't make distribution dates. Volunteer opportunities include shopping for fresh food, answering phone calls and making appointments, checking expiration dates, sorting and shelving food, packing boxes, carrying and loading food into cars, meeting and greeting clients, intake room, folding bags, coordinating monthly collections, transporting food to the pantry, doing talks for school or scout groups, distributing school supplies and books, setting up and cleaning up for distribution days, maintaining boxes for emergency deliveries, writing thank you notes, making holiday cards, requesting grant money, cleaning, and coordinating volunteer involvement. People can independently arrange and coordinate special food collections.
What's needed
- Shopping for fresh food
- Checking expiration dates
- Sorting and shelving food
- Packing boxes
- Carrying and loading food into cars
- Meet and greet clients
- Intake room
- Folding bags
- Transporting food to the pantry
- Doing talks for school or scout groups doing collections
- Setting up and cleaning up for distribution days
- Maintaining some boxes for distribution in the PMC cabinet for emergency deliveries and SVDP visits
- Answering the phone calls and making appointments
- Coordinating monthly collections at St Alphonsus or with other organizations
- Distributing school supplies and books donated from other organizations