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Neighborhood Sites Distribution Volunteer
ORGANIZATION: Food for Others
This opportunity is provided by VolunteerMatch's partner.
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Neighborhood Sites are located in high-need communities and provide low barrier access to supplemental food for the residents. Volunteers drive the food from Food for Others's Warehouse in Merrifield to either Fairfax Circle, Gunston (Arlington), or Willston-Patrick Henry (Seven Corners) and distribute the food in an equitable manner.
Fairfax Circle distributions occur on Monday and Thursday evenings while Gunston and Willston-Patrick Henry occur on Tuesday evenings.
Responsibilities:
- Load food from Food for Others warehouse into personal vehicle
- Transport food to assigned neighborhood
- Distribute food in an equitable manner
- Keep track of the number of households and total number of individuals within each who received food
- Return crates to Food for Others warehouse
- Email the number of households and total individuals to the Warehouse Manager at the conclusion of the shift
- Check shift details for site-specific instructions
Qualifications:
- Must be at least 21 years of age or older
- Register individually and pre-register online in advance
- Must deliver in your personal vehicle
- Must feel comfortable interacting with a diverse population and demonstrate FFO’s commitment to treating all clients, volunteers, and staff with respect and dignity
- Must feel comfortable to diffuse difficult situations
- Must be able to lift at least 20lbs
Training:
First time volunteering in this role will be shadowing another volunteer. The other volunteer will train you on how the shift works and how to distribute the food at the site. First-time volunteers will also receive a printed instructions page and emergency contact number for their site before leaving from the warehouse.
If interested, please view additional details and register in our volunteer system here: https://foodforothers.volunteermatters.org/project-catalog/35
More opportunities with Food for Others
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Food for Others
Location:
2938 Prosperity Avenue, Fairfax, VA 22031, US
Mission Statement
Our mission is to distribute food to our neighbors in need by mobilizing our giving community and volunteers.
Description
In our nation’s capital area, the high cost of living forces many families who are struggling to make ends meet to choose between spending money for food, or on other basic needs such as housing and healthcare. Since 1995, Food for Others has been helping many of these families.
Food for Others is an important part of Northern Virginia’s safety net for those needing food when an emergency strikes and for the growing number of working poor who need to supplement their inadequate food supplies.
Food for Others obtains much of its food through food rescue operations and food drives. Staff and volunteers pick up good food that would have been discarded by local grocery stores and other retail food establishments. The food is brought to the warehouse for temporary storage, including refrigeration as appropriate. Food drives provide the majority of our non-perishable food.
Local merchants, the USDA, food drives, and crop harvests provide the food; volunteers and staff provide the hands; and charitable contributions and fundraising events provide the funds.
CAUSE AREAS
Community,
Health & Medicine,
Hunger
WHEN
We'll work with your schedule.
WHERE
2938 Prosperity AvenueFairfax, VA 22031
(38.871426 ,-77.23828 )
DATE POSTED
November 6, 2024
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 21
- varies by shift; occurs between 5pm and 7pm
- Must be able to transport the food in their personal vehicle Must feel comfortable interacting with a diverse population