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Food Pantry: Volunteer - Boston

The Boston Food Pantry provides a 5-day supply of nutritious food once a month to food insecure people - over 300,000 people annually, making it one of the largest emergency food pantries in Boston. Our client base is ethnically and culturally diverse with many languages spoken - Chinese, Creole, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese among them. The pantry also provides SNAP (food stamps) screening for benefit eligibility and assistance with the application process. Our program has an in-staff dietician providing nutrition outreach and our program collaborates with nutrition programs at local universities.

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Locations

Norfolk County ,Suffolk County

Key Responsibilities

 Tuesday & Friday (9am-12pm)
  • Assemble approximately 1500 bags with non-perishable and perishable food items for the following day’s distribution in the Boston Food Pantry.  
  • Help set-up for Mobile Market Distribution for food insecure children and their families in the Boston Public School System and Head Start Programs, as well as other sites.
  • Help quality control produce and recycle any food waste for compost totes.

 

Wednesday & Saturday (8am-12pm)

  • Distributing food to clients, including loading food bags into client cars or loading food bags onto tables for clients walking to pick-up.   
  • Assemble approximately 1500 food bags with perishable food items for distribution.   
  • Translating for our pantry clients during pantry hours – Cantonese, Mandarin, Creole, Russian, Portuguese, Vietnamese, and Spanish.   
  • Data entry on mobile devices. 

 

Thursday (1st Thursday of the Month Only - 8:30am-11:30pm)

  • Distributing food to senior citizens, including loading food bags into client cars or placing food bags onto tables for clients walking to pick-up.   
  • Translating for our pantry clients during pantry hours – Cantonese, Mandarin, Creole, Russian, Portuguese, Vietnamese, and Spanish.  
  • Data entry on mobile devices. 
  • Assisting with providing nutrition information, including flyers, handouts, and recipes.

Qualifications

·         Ability to lift 25 lbs. and stand for 3+hours

·         Dressing “comfortably but respectably.” Cut-off shorts, short mini-skirts, half shirts and open-toed shoes/sandals are not appropriate dress in the food pantry

·         Ability to take direction willingly and to work comfortably in a diverse environment

·         When you arrive, you will need to check-in - COVID safety protocols are in place in case we need to contract trace. Masks need to be work and social distancing needs to be respected.

Time Commitment

Time shifts range from 3-4 hours depending on the day of the week.

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