Winooski Food Shelf
Food/Land Access
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Year Round
The Winooski Food Shelf is a community outreach program of the United Methodist Church of Winooski, a program that operates as a non-profit 501 (c) 3 as registered by the church. Its mission is to provide supplemental food assistance to Winooski residents who self-identify as food insecure. The Food Shelf serves its guests without judgment and with kindness, congeniality, privacy, patience and respect. They do, however, require proof of Winooski residency for food recipients.
Job Summary
Volunteer Requirements:
- Must by 18 years or older
- Must be able to lift 25 lbs
- Use of masks is encouraged but not required.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Tuesdays - 9am - 11am:
- Packing Bags/Organizing Food- Fill bags with dry goods, canned food, and toiletries for Wednesday distribution. Help organize and move food when necessary. No interaction with the public.
Wednesdays - Set-Up 11am - 12:30pm; Serve - 12pm - 3:30pm
- Set up- Bag up fruits, vegetables and beans. Take meat out of freezers and put in coolers. Set up eggs for distribution, carry tables outside and place some items on tables.
- Serve - While indoors, bring bags of pantry staples, eggs, meat and diapers to the door. Pass items through a hole in the plexiglass of the door. At 3 pm break down tables, carry inside, and clean
Saturdays- Set-Up - 8am - 9am; Serve - 9:15am - 11am.
- Pick up and Delivery- Pick up food from Hannaford at the University Mall and deliver to Food Shelf
- Set up - carry tables outside, arrange food on tables, carry items from vehicles to tables and organize food for distribution or pack bags to be given out.
- Serve Inside- Provide requested diapers to clients at door of foodshelf. Also give boxes of food to clients who signed up for a commodities box. At 11 clean area.
- Serve Outside- Help people select food from tables and refill tables as needed.
Contact Info
Contact Volunteer Coordinator at winooskifoodshelf@gmail.com
