Food Market Volunteer
ORGANIZATION: Integrated Family Community Services
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Assist Food Pantry in Distributing Fresh Groceries to Our Neighbors
If interested in this opportunity, please visit IFCS.org/volunteer-core/
Tasks & Activities:
- Warmly welcome and check in participants
- Kindly assist participants in shopping for free groceries
- Courteously greet donors and help them unload donations
- Light stocking, ensuring shelves remain organized
- Identify expiration dates and damage of donated food, and sort accordingly
- Complete light custodial duties, including: sweeping, and trash removal
- Lifting, pushing, pulling, squatting, bending, standing, and reaching will be involved
- Participate in special events as interested
The skills you need:
- Excellent customer service skills
- Ability to manage a workplace that may be fast-paced or slow based on participant interest
- Ability to be on your feet for entire shift
- Basic or bilingual Spanish or Vietnamese knowledge highly desired
- Background check required for long term volunteers
- Civil Rights training via link provided to you for long term volunteers
When? Weekdays, 8:30 AM -11:30 AM or 12:30 PM-3:30 PM
Why we want you: IFCS is a small organization with a large impact. Volunteers are needed to help staff complete the day-to-day tasks. Volunteers assist staff with making prepackaged food boxes, accepting and sorting donations, and stocking shelves.
What’s in it for you? Volunteering with Integrated Family Community Services is an important contribution. We depend on the generous donation of our volunteers’ time to help fulfil our mission to provide food to our community and entire state of CO.
General information about the position:
IFCS Volunteer Core consists of both long term and short term volunteers who enjoy giving back to their community. Market volunteers utilize excellent customer service skills to provide equitable distribution of free groceries to IFCS food program participants. We welcome interested individuals to visit our website and register for a shift. No long term commitment is required. Those who wish to volunteer long term will be offered additional orientation.
2 Shifts
- afternoon / 12:30 PM to 03:30 PM MST - FULL
- morning / 08:30 AM to 11:30 AM MST - FULL
More opportunities with Integrated Family Community Services
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Integrated Family Community Services
Location:
3370 S Irving Street, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80110, US
Mission Statement
Integrated Family Community Services (IFCS) provides basic human services and enrichment programs to low-income people using community resources. IFCS fosters self-sufficiency and respects the dignity of each client.
Description
IFCS’ Hunger Alleviation Program fills a gap by providing immediate assistance to those facing food access and insecurity during COVID-19. Since 1964, IFCS has served millions of children, families, and seniors in need in Arapahoe County. In response to state-wide school closures, limited product availability and price increase at grocery stores, in addition to increased unemployment, IFCS pivoted quickly to support households with groceries. Singing on as a member of Food Bank of the Rockies’ Emergency Assistance Team, IFCS created a Grocery Box Pickup Program, operating Monday through Friday, to provide fresh, frozen, and shelf-stable items to those who find themselves food insecure or experiencing hunger. While many in the community learned of the need for food from news outlets, IFCS experienced it first-hand. Our long-standing presence in the community as a hunger relief organization poised IFCS to be a first responder. In the days following Colorado’s Stay at Home Order, IFCS experienced a jump in clients served from 269 the week of March 9, 2020 to 6,000 clients monthly, and the increase continues.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
3370 South Irving St.Englewood, CO 80110
DATE POSTED
July 2, 2024
SKILLS
- Multi-Tasking
- Customer Service
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Public Groups
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 16
- Orientation or Training
- 3.5 hours in am or 3 hours in pm