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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
- Member Churches
- Other Pantries
- Schools
- Gleaners Food Bank
- Midwest Food Bank
- Kroger Stores
- Township Trustee
- City Officials
- 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
- Frozen meat
- Bakery
- Produce
- 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 Backsacks 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:
- Season
- Male and Female
- Child and adult
- 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
- Regular monthly visit
- 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