MICA Food Pantry Volunteer

Program Description:

Working in the food pantry, greeting families and determining their needs. Making referrals to resources in the community as well as within MICA. Helping distribute food to those in need and helping to increase capacity with donations from the community.

Location: Grinnell

Duties:

Help package food items into grocery bags for community members accessing the pantry.

Sorting, weighing and documenting food as it arrives.

Skills required:

RSVP volunteers must be 55 years of age or older.

Able to keep information confidential

Positive attitude and willing to serve families in need

Relate well to others and take a team approach.

Amount of Time: Flexible schedule based on volunteers availability

Time of Day: Flexible schedule based on volunteers availability

Benefits:

Opportunity to help combat hunger throughout Grinnell

Develop lasting relationships with other volunteers

Supplemental life and accident insurance while volunteering (see brochure)

Milage reimbursement available if delivering food to homebound

Operation information: Established in 1965 to serve children and families affected by the conditions of poverty, MICA provides early childhood, health, family development and housing services as well as community enrichment programs.Helping People. Changing Lives. Building Communities. Some of our most well-known programs include Head Start, Family Development and Self-Sufficiency (FaDSS), the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and WIC (Women, Infants and Children).