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Onboarding Assistance with Summit Fresh Mobile Market!

On-site, Volunteer must be in or near Akron, OH
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  • Details

    Available Times:
    Weekdays daytime, Weekends daytime
    Time Commitment:
    A few hours per month
    Recurrence:
    Recurring
    Volunteers Needed:
    1
    Cause Areas:
    Community Development, Economic Development, Education, Hunger, Food Security, Seniors & Retirement
    Benefits:
    Training Provided
    Good For:
    Age 55+
    Participation Requirements:
    Driver’s License, Attend Orientation
    Age Requirement:
    55+

    Description

    Basic volunteer qualifications involved with this assignment

    1. Greeting customers after they have completed registration, ensuring only 3 shoppers at a time are inside the mobile market, assisting customers up the steps into the mobile market, giving them a shopping basket once inside the mobile market and answering any product availability questions.
    2. Ability to stand long enough to assit a customer up the stairs onto the mobile market and hand them a shopping basket.

    Who will be served by this assignment? Disadvantaged individuals living in food deserts with accessible, healthy and affordable grocery options within walking distance to their homes.

    What is the anticipated benefit of this volunteer service to those receiving the service? Creating a great customer experience for shoppers.

    What specific skills will the volunteer need? Ability to stand long enough to assit customers onto the mobile market.

    Number of volunteers needed: 1 per market

    When can volunteers participate? Weekdays (daytime)

    Please select up to 10 skills that you would like to see in your volunteers.

    1. Advocacy
    2. Case/Social Work
    3. Communications
    4. Community Engagement/Outreach
    5. Customer Service
    6. Elder Care

    What types of benefits does your agency provide to its volunteers? Training & Swag

    Any additional instructions or information that would be helpful for volunteers? The markets are held at different apartment building throughout Akron, OH. The volunteer would need transportation (all sites are in the bus line). Market times are Monday, Friday and every other Saturday from 1030am to 1pm.

    Location

    On-site

    Summit Fresh Mobile Market

    2711 W Market St unit 5232, Akron, OH 44313, USA
    Directions

    *This is the HQ. The mobile markets are in and around Akron.

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