Grocery Store Partnership – Volunteer Driver

Opportunity Title: Grocery Store Partnership – Volunteer Driver

Opportunity Description: Volunteer will be responsible in assisting the Ayuda Social Services Team in obtaining our grocery store products for the food pantry biweekly at the same designated grocery store within 30 minutes of the office. The volunteer will be responsible for picking up the designated donations from the grocery store and bringing them to the DC office where the food pantry is. They can also assist with inventory of all the products that were received and weighing each grocery bag for reporting data, although not required.

Department/Individuals Assisting: Ayuda’s Social Services Team

Responsible to: Rachelle Nieto, Senior Case Manager and Connor Paul, Volunteer Manager

# of Volunteers Requesting: At least 2 volunteers, can be on biweekly rotational basis for delivery pick up

Responsibilities:

• Travel to partnering grocery stores with vehicle
• Support with loading of groceries receiving into your vehicle
• Transport of groceries to our DC office
• Support with unloading of groceries received with our case managers on site
• Inventorying and weighing donations received (Optional)

Opportunity Qualifications:

Required:

• Valid driver’s license
• Access to a personal vehicle that is registered and insured
• Consistency to support with this assistance at least 1 a month, if not more frequently
• Strong cross-cultural communication abilities
• Being a team player
• Positivity and enthusiasm for our work
• Ability to lift and carry boxes up to 10 lbs.

Preferred:

• Ability to park and come up to our office suite to assist with inventorying and weighing the grocery bags

Commitment: Participation in this opportunity is flexible as long as you are able to support with your vehicle during business days/hours and can commit to assisting on a medium-term basis for at least 6 months

• Volunteers involved must be able to assist during weekdays/business hours. We will likely coordinate this assistance on the 1st and 3rd Mondays every month.
• Scheduling of volunteers for transport support days will be coordinated with our Volunteer Manager
• Volunteers will need to commit to assistance at least 1 time a month for at least 6 months
• Volunteers need to be flexible and communicate as advanced as possible with Volunteer Manager if they cannot assist with a grocery pick up assigned to so back up transportation can be scheduled.

Technology Needed: No technology is needed to assist with this opportunity other than a personal vehicle.

Compensation: This is a volunteer position and not paid by Ayuda. Volunteer work is valued as an in-kind donation at $34.79 per hour

Sign Up/Application: To help us with the transportation of our grocery items for our food pantry, sign up for our opportunity here! Our Volunteer Manager will reach out to you to confirm commitment required and begin coordination of schedule related to this support. If you have any questions about this opportunity, please don’t hesitate to reach out to him at volunteers@ayuda.com.

Shift description:

• Assistance is needed with a transport of grocery from store in Tenleytown partnering with to our DC office
• Pick ups scheduled for the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month around 10 AM