Volunteer Driver
ORGANIZATION: Second Harvest Heartland
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Program Overview
For many Minnesotans, aging and/or chronic health conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure or heart disease means making difficult choices - housing, medication, or healthy foods? At Second Harvest Heartland our innovate FOODRx and Senior Hunger programs work to ensure this difficult choice does not have to be made. We are all in this together and with your partnership we can deliver nutritious food directly to those impacted by hunger.
Seniors enrolled in the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) receive a monthly food box, which helps them channel precious financial resources toward urgent expenses like medicine and utilities instead of groceries.
Individuals enrolled in the FOODRx program receive nutrition boxes that are medically tailored and culturally connected to each individual, complete with recipe cards and educational materials.
What you’ll do:
- Pick up CSFP and/or FOODRx boxes from our Brooklyn Park Facility
- Use a predetermined route to deliver each box
- Communicate openly with staff regarding deliveries
What’s in it for you:
- Hands-on food insecurity experience at one of the largest Feeding America food banks
- Networking opportunities & educational events
- Resume builder
What you’re committing to:
- Providing open and honest feedback
- Monthly deliveries to 5-6 locations during 4th week of each month for a minimum of 6 months
- Using your own vehicle for deliveries - recommended to have a hatchback or larger to accommodate boxes
When and where you’ll volunteer:
- Volunteer Location: Pick-up boxes at our Brooklyn Park facility, delivery to Minneapolis & St. Paul
- Days of the week: Flexible during the 4th week of the month
- Time of day: Pick up must happen between 9am and 4pm; Deliveries must happen the same day
What’s Next?
To Apply: Visit the opportunity on our portal, Volunteer Central, volunteer.2harvest.org , and click "Respond" and complete the required initiative questions. Someone from Second Harvest Heartland will contact you about next steps.
Second Harvest Heartland conducts background and motor vehicle record checks on all volunteers in this position. We reserve the right to decline a volunteer, or dismiss a current volunteer, based on the results of the background or motor vehicle record check.
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About Second Harvest Heartland
Location:
7101 Winnetka Ave No., Brooklyn Park, MN 55428, US
Mission Statement
The mission of Second Harvest Heartland is to end hunger together. At Second Harvest Heartland, our volunteer partners do more than enrich our work, they ground us to our mission of ending hunger together. We integrate volunteers into all aspects of creating and delivering solutions that will free our neighbors of hunger.
Description
More than a food bank, Second Harvest Heartland is a leading partner in the policies and programs that work to end hunger, like SNAP, school meals and senior nutrition programs, and we’re an innovator in the areas where food can be the solution, like FOODRx and Kitchen Coalition.
Second Harvest Heartland is a member of Feeding America, a national network of more than 200 food banks serving every state in the United States. Membership means access to millions of pounds of surplus food and grocery donations from manufacturers and producers throughout the country.
Working with our network of partners, volunteers, donors, and advocates as well as people like you, our 90,000+ square feet of dry, refrigerator and freezer space is constantly accepting and distributing donations. Our fleet of trucks travels nearly half a million miles a year, picking up food donations and delivering them to local food shelves, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, senior community centers and children's after school programs. Each year we distributed more than 100 million meals to our partners in hunger-relief. Learn more at 2harvest.org.
Click here to visit our volunteer portal and view all available opportunities.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
7101 Winnetka Ave. N.Brooklyn Park, MN 55428
DATE POSTED
September 16, 2024
SKILLS
- Customer Service
- Food Delivery / Distribution
- Delivery
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Monthly for a minimum of 6 months