Nonprofit
Published 1/14/26 1:13PM

Beacon Friendship Center - Kitchen, Activity, Meal Prep and/or Clean Up

On-site, Volunteer must be in or near Beacon, NY
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  • Details

    Available Times:
    Weekdays (daytime)
    Commitment Details:
    Varies, whatever you can do would be a great help. The staff at the Friendship Center is just 1 person so any help would be wonderful! Wednesday, Thursday and/or Friday only!
    Recurrence:
    Recurring
    Volunteers Needed:
    5
    Cause Areas:
    Community Development, Hunger, Food Security, Seniors & Retirement
    Good For:
    Kids, Teens, Public Groups, Age 55+

    Description

    Beacon Friendship Center - Kitchen, Activity, Meal Prep and/or Clean Up

    We are recruiting volunteers to help on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday!

    Many positions are available:

    • Suggest and run an activity like Bingo or Arts & Crafts. We are open to suggestions too!
    • Serve lunch to seniors at the Friendship Center by carrying trays to tables.
    • Visit with the seniors, talk about their interests etc....
    • Prepare packaged meals to be delivered to seniors
      • Assist in putting prepared food in tins or putting lids on the tins for the home delivered meals. Gloves must be worn and will be supplied by the center.
    • Packing
      • Assist packing coolers by putting hot plates and ice packs in delivery bags with dinner trays and lunch bags. Packing hot meals in bags.
    • Clean up the kitchen.
      • Wash a few pans, put ice packs in the freezer and hot stones in the oven. Put the coolers and bags back on the shelves.
    • Back-up Volunteers - would you be willing to be a back-up volunteer? We will call you to volunteer if a volunteer is unable to make their day/time.

    We ask all volunteers to commit to/select the "job(s)" and day(s) each month that they would like to volunteer so that the Director has a schedule.

    The Friendship Center is open from 10:00am - 2:00pm Mon - Fri and most volunteer positions are an hour or less. Of course, we welcome our volunteers to stay longer and help with whatever is needed.

    Location

    On-site
    1 Forrestal Heights, Beacon, New York, US

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