Pantry Positions/Descriptions

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
  • 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