Check out our current volunteer opportunities! Your help is greatly appreciated.

Open Doors Pantry

Volunteer Jobs and Tasks

Receiving Clerk (Position needs to be filled)

Tasks:

• Receive food and clothing donations and provide receipts
• Weigh all food donations and record weights
• Weigh any outgoing food, and record weights
• Check and clean out Donation Box and place items in clothing carts
• Count bags of clothing and record # of bags
• Assist with other misc. Pantry activities as needed

Weekly Warehouse Helpers (Need Thursday & Saturday Helpers – Teams of Two)

Responsibility – Commit to one morning each week on days when the Pantry is open.

Tasks:

• Check and record temperatures in all refrigerator and freezer units before the beginning of Pantry operations by 8:30am
• Maintain the cleanliness of the warehouse
• Sort food donations by type and expiration date
• Store incoming canned foods in racks and maintain organization in racks
• Replenish canned foods into the Pantry storage racks as needed
• Assist the Pantry Coordinator as time allows
• Assist with other misc. activities as needed

Pantry Relationships Coordinator (Position needs to be filled)

Tasks:

• Maintain Relationships with various Pantry Partners and Entities

o   Member Churches

o   Other Pantries

o   Schools

o   Gleaners Food Bank

o   Midwest Food Bank

o   Kroger Stores

o   Township Trustee

o   City Officials

o   Wheeler Mission

• Periodic phone and/or personal contact

Kroger Food Pick Up

Driver and Helper (Drivers & Helpers needed)

Job Requirements:

• Valid Driver’s License
• Physically fit to lift at least 40 lbs.
• Live in Washington Township or close by
• Available to drive once or twice a week, or every other week

Tasks:

• Pick up food donations at Kroger store

o   Frozen meat

o   Bakery

o   Produce

o   Deli

• Unload and weigh food at Pantry
• Put away food as required
• Time commitment 1hr 30min (9:00 to 10:30am)

Kroger Driver and Helper Scheduler (Needed)

Tasks:

• Keep calendar of Drivers and Helpers for both Kroger Stores
• Ensure coverage for each pick up day

Weekend Food Bag Coordinator (During the School Year) (Position Filled)

Tasks:

• Prepare bags with single serve meals and snacks
• Purchase and maintain inventories of required items
• Coordinate with delivery person for Friday deliveries
• Develop and maintain relationships with Middle and Intermediate school personnel

Pantry Helper (Helpers Needed)

Tasks:

• Process incoming food into storage racks, freezers, and refrigerators
• Restock pick racks as needed
• Select frozen meat products to fill client shopping orders

• • Requires a Food Handlers Certification – 2 hr. online course

• Other tasks as time allows

Pantry Order Pickers (Positions currently filled)

Tasks:

• Receive client order from advocate
• Fill client order from food in pick racks
• Weigh client order and record
• Help load order into client’s car
• Other pantry tasks as time allows

Advocate (Positions currently filled)

Tasks:

• Meet with clients
• Determine food needs
• Identify other social service needs
• Prepare picking order for pantry
• Confirm and update client information
• Pray with client as desired

Clothes Sorter (Helpers Needed)

Tasks:

• Check donation box and clothing donation carts, and move items to sorting area
• Sort Clothing by:

o   Season

o   Male and Female

o   Child and adult

o   Quality

• Bag unacceptable clothes and place in Goodwill cart
• Maintain cleanliness and quality appearance of clothing display area

Receptionist (Position currently filled)

Tasks:

• Warmly greet clients
• Coordinate sign-in process

o   Regular monthly visit

o   Front room visit only

• Maintain front room shopping records
• Other tasks as Advocate requires

Food Buyer (Position filled)

Tasks:

• Purchase food items from approved sources using a shopping list prepared by the Pantry Coordinator
• Weigh-in foods upon return from store and record
• Help Pantry Coordinator put foods away