Thank you for your interest in volunteering with EFAA. Due to COVID-19, we are currently only engaging volunteers in food distribution efforts.
Volunteer Opportunities
COVID-19 Support
Food Bank Shift Lead
The afternoon Shift Lead is a hearty, energetic person, who will be on the go a lot in this physically demanding role. This role requires a lot of communication, retrieving product and briefly dialoguing with participants. The lead will monitor safety protocols inside and outside, where participants are waiting and work closely with the Intake person and food bank staff. The lead will make sure each volunteer is assigned and certain of their task, is masked and following safety protocols. In addition, the lead ensures that product is ample for the afternoon distribution and asks stocker to replenish, as needed. In some cases, the lead may need to retrieve product.
-Minimum Age – 18
-Ability and willingness to be physically active and to perform light to moderate lifting.
-Ability and willingness to serve in a leadership role. Leadership and teamwork experience required.
On-Site Training Provided
The morning Shift Lead will open up the food bank areas, set up signs and tables for the day, bring in donations, make sure the volunteer crew is assigned their tasks. Leads will ensure that all volunteers are masked, washing their hands and taking their temperatures upon arrival. Shift Leads will make sure shelves and freezers are getting stocked and make sure that we have reserve bags of Tefap, vegetarian, cleaning, produce, or whatever else we decide to bag. They will also monitor that bags for that day’s delivery are being constructed. In addition, they will help to receive donations from outside and the garage. Lastly, the morning Shift Lead will communicate with the afternoon Shift Leader or staff at the end of shift.
-Minimum Age: 18
-Ability and willingness to serve in a leadership role. Leadership and teamwork experience required.
-Ability and willingness to be physically active and able to do light to moderate lifting.
On-Site Training Provided
Food Bank Volunteers
Fulfillment volunteers are in 1 of 3 zones filling each order from the participant’s form, passing cart to next zone and checking to see if more forms are waiting. The volunteer communicates product need to person stocking. Volunteers will also wipe down areas often, wash hands, strategize and limit the need to “cross-over” into other areas. One volunteer will be behind a table up front (end of food bank) to slide product across the table to the participant and add in random items, possibly dairy items, as well. Two volunteers needed for two zones in the back of the food bank. The 3rd zone is the volunteer up front who may also be the lead.
-Minimum Age – 15 without adult
-Ability and willingness to be physically active and to perform light to moderate lifting.
On-Site Training Provided
An energetic, hearty volunteer is needed to replenish stock, retrieve product from garage and basement and get any bags made up in the lobby and conference room area into the food bank. There may be times that stocker/runner needs to be a go between with participants and the lead volunteer. Stocking is for orders in real time and if slow, could be for the next day. The stocker/runner might also get older product from the basement ready to come upstairs.
-Minimum Age: 15 without adult
-Ability and willingness to be physically active and able to do light to moderate lifting.
On-site Training Provided
The morning volunteer will make up bags for produce, TEFAP, cleaning products, bulk items, and deliveries. TEFAP will be bagged in the lobby area, and deliveries in the Conference room. Stocking is needed to fill the shelves for real time orders and ensure that cases are brought upstairs. Extra cases should be brought up from downstairs so that the afternoon fulfillment volunteers do not have to travel to re-stock.
-Minimum Age: 15 without adult
-Ability and willingness to be physically active and able to do light to moderate lifting.
On-site Training Provided
We apologize for any inconvenience but at this time:
- We are unable to accommodate groups.
- We are unable to accommodate individuals who need to complete required service hours including court-ordered community service, school service or other required hours.
- Our minimum volunteer age is 15 without an adult. Volunteers under age 18 must complete this application with a parent or guardian.