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FOOD PANTRY - OPEN FOR DISTRIBUTION

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ORGANIZATION: Sycamore Collaborative

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Join our team of friendly and compassionate volunteers during our pantry hours of operation and distribution!

Sycamore Collaborative's Food Pantry is the largest food pantry in Schenectady County, serving over 600,000 meals each year to its residents experiencing food insecurity. The food pantry offers a variety of locally sourced grocery products including non-perishables, produce, meat and dairy as well as items for personal hygiene, dog and cat food, and infant supplies.

We are open Mon/Wed/Fri and need volunteers during our hours of distribution from 8:30am - 11:30am.

Responsibilities:

  • Stock bags for pantry services & restock .
  • Tend a pantry station & distribute groceries to guests.
  • Make sure station is stocked & organized.
  • Maintain the "flow of traffic".
  • Greet guests and let them into the pantry.
  • Help maintain the "flow of traffic".
  • Make sure carts are brought back inside.
  • Pantry station sub/filler when needed.
  • Maintain a clean and safe environment.

Signing up under this posting is NOT an automatic registration. After registering for an opportunity, you will then receive an email from Cali, our Resource Development Coordinator, confirming your volunteer opportunity. You will also be asked some additional questions, to help us get to know you better and fulfill your volunteering needs!

Not only will you be helping others, but you will have fun doing it. What more could you ask for?! Sign up to volunteer today and make a positive impact in your community!

8 Shifts

  • Wed Jan 15, 2025 - 08:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST - Spots available: 10+
  • Fri Jan 17, 2025 - 08:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST - Spots available: 10+
  • Mon Jan 20, 2025 - 08:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST - Spots available: 10+
  • Wed Jan 22, 2025 - 08:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST - Spots available: 10+
  • Fri Jan 24, 2025 - 08:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST - Spots available: 10+
  • Mon Jan 27, 2025 - 08:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST - Spots available: 10+
  • Wed Jan 29, 2025 - 08:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST - Spots available: 10+
  • Fri Jan 31, 2025 - 08:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST - Spots available: 10+
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About Sycamore Collaborative

Location:

837-839 Albany St, Schenectady, NY 12307, US

Mission Statement

We connect people to resources they need for healthy eating, self-care, and community building. We collaborate with our neighbors to grow, source, learn about, prepare, and provide access to food; to bring people together around healthy life choices; and to look ahead together at ways to promote a thriving, interconnected community in Schenectady County.

Description

These core values express the heart of our commitment to the work that we do. In the strategic planning implementation, we will refer to our core values as we make decisions and set priorities.

Breaking barriers: We look to expand access to resources beyond traditional limitations. We work to remove stigma. We are charting new ground.

Lightening burdens: We seek to lighten the loads that people carry as they manage responsibilities for health, family, food, and basic needs. In all of this we aim to open space for moments of joy and peace.

Fostering dignity: We operate with mutual respect at all times and look to examine our policies, procedures, and practices to ensure that we are seeking to uphold the dignity of all.

Listening, responding, and adjusting: We are attentive to the needs and desires of the community and actively seeking to respond in meaningful ways to what we hear. In our responsiveness, we are committed to recognizing when we need to course correct based on what we hear.

CAUSE AREAS

Community
Hunger
Community, Hunger

WHEN

Mon Nov 04, 2024 - Sun Feb 02, 2025
08:30 AM - 11:30 AM
This opportunity has 8 shifts

WHERE

839 Albany StreetSchenectady, NY 12307

(42.80616,-73.934906)
 

SKILLS

  • Food Delivery / Distribution
  • Bilingual
  • Multi-Tasking
  • Organization
  • People Skills

GOOD FOR

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • People 55+

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 12
  • 3 hours
  • Volunteers under 18 MUST be accompanied by a chaperone. This can include a parent, grandparent, troop leader, church leader, etc.

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