Volunteering
Volunteering
is a great way to help your community fight hunger.
Essential
to Second Harvest Foodbank’s operations, volunteers
average nearly 5,100 hours of service each month. Their donated
time is equivalent to 29 full-time employees — a considerable
costs savings for Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin.
Join
our team in one of these volunteer positions and help end
hunger:
(Extended
Product Recovery Hours -- Check out new shift below!)
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AGENCY
ASSISTANT
Interested
in helping our agencies when they come to pick up food from
Second Harvest Foodbank? As an Agency Assistant, you’ll
be the go-to person, answering questions and helping with
checkout. Training is provided. Minimum one three-hour shift
per week.
Duties:
Check agency shoppers in and out at their scheduled time,
answer questions, weigh items, follow guidelines, keep shelves
stocked.
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
DRIVER
ASSISTANT
Enjoy road trips while assisting our drivers with picking
up donations and delivering orders throughout our 16-county
service area. Age 18 or older. CDL or Class A driver’s license
a plus.
Duties:
Loading and unloading trucks. Must be able to lift
up to 50 pounds.
Hours:
Monday-Saturday (routes vary 2-10 hours)
FOODSHARE HELPLINE
Are you friendly, compassionate and enjoy talking on the phone?
Help low-income families who need to boost their food budgets
and stretch their incomes to cover other necessities. Training
provided and staff help answer in-depth questions. Age 18
and older.
Duties:
Screen callers for FoodShare
Wisconsin (food stamp) eligibility, encourage them to
apply for benefits, and refer them to sites for application
assistance
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
MOBILE
PANTRY VOLUNTEER
Second
Harvest Foodbank needs volunteers to assist at our Mobile
Pantry sites. We distribute more than 3 million pounds of
food through the Mobile Pantry Program each year, and this
can only be done with the help of dedicated volunteers.
What is a Mobile Pantry: Sponsored by local
nonprofit agencies or churches, mobile pantries are food distributions
set up outside in parking lots or sometimes inside due to
inclement weather. The food is delivered by Second Harvest
and distributed by volunteers (YOU) at each location one time
per month. They’re another way of getting food to people
facing hunger.
Who should volunteer: great for teens, parents
and grandparents to do a community service activity together
Volunteer Duties: help set up, distribute
food, tear down boxes and clean up. Training provided.
Time commitment: 3 hours per time, 1 time
per month
Learn
more about this opportunity.
 PRODUCT
RECOVERY EXPANDED
HOURS!
From
inspecting produce to transforming 2,800-pound bags of pinto
beans into family-size portions, you or your group can help
prepare food for distribution to families in need.
Duties:
Sort pre-packaged food, package bulk food to individual
packaging, label and box items, clean area at shift end
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-12 p.m., 12-3 p.m. or
4-8 p.m. (NEW Meat & Potatoes shift)
Or all day, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Help
us recruit Product Recovery volunteers. Share
this Product
Recovery Flyer with friends, family and colleagues.
VOLUNTEER
SERVICES ASSISTANT
Assist our expanding Volunteer Services Program by utilizing
or building your administrative skills while learning the
fundraising software program Raiser’s Edge.
Duties:
Filing, Raiser’s Edge data entry, mailings and other
clerical support
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
For
more information:
Individual
and group volunteer opportunities: Tanya
Payne at 608-216-7214
Employer
Matching Gifts for volunteer time and financial contributions:
Lisa Gundlach at
608-216-7212
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Volunteer
Notes Newsletter
Second
Harvest publishes Volunteer Notes to celebrate volunteer
achievements and keep our volunteers abreast of the latest
happenings at the Foodbank. Select the desired links below
to read editions of Volunteer Notes.
August
2010 Volunteer Notes
July
2010 Volunteer Notes
June
2010 Volunteer Notes
May 2010
Volunteer Notes
March
2010 Volunteer Notes
February 2010 Volunteer Notes
January
2010 Volunteer Notes
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