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Donation Acquisition Truck Driver
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Description
Now’s your chance to make a BIG tangible difference in your city. Don’t miss it!
We at the People’s Table is a community lead endeavor to address the adverse effects of poverty and hunger in our communities. In a community-based, supportive, and respectful environment, People’s Table empowers families through nutritionally-sound food, resource connection, and strengthening the social fabric of neighborhoods.
We’re looking for a regularly scheduled driver to assist with our food pickup and delivery operations. This person would directly increase the capacity for a local grassroots nonprofit to catalyze positive change and transform the wellbeing of Milwaukee neighborhoods.
Key responsibilities in the role will be:
- Driving - we’ll have a large refrigerated cargo van for our food pickups and drop offs
- Collecting and delivering donations - you’ll be assisting in picking up some of our groceries Collect donations in our van from our community food partners
- Unload food and organize food into our food supply room
Days and Times Needed
- Regularly needed on Wednesday mornings from 9am - 11am
- Handful of other times per month as needed, based on when suppliers need to get pickups.
We will require proof of license and will do a driving background check via Checkr
Our impact by the numbers last year…
- 19,282 individuals served through our pantry
- More than 50,000 pounds of fresh produce distributed
- 80 Food Collective Engagements with resource partners such as employment, financial education, foodshare application, and legal
- 500,000 pounds of food given away
- 7 volunteer trainings to equip our team with tools and resources
- 45 families participating in Food Collectives
- 100 resource partners and speakers sharing opportunities and guidance
Location
People's Table
Directions
We are located in the school house on the northwest corner of 14th and Becher. Enter through the parking lot doors, and that's where we are!
Express Your Interest in This Opportunity
Submit your interest through the idealist (volunteermatch) posting and we'll reach out to you via phone or email! To get started, we'll talk about your availability, and then, we'll do a tour of our facility, share what we do and how we do it, do an informal meeting of the team, and will do a background check via Checkr. We'll also need to document your Drivers License ID for insurance purposes.
