The NMC Food Pantry team is looking for a few volunteers to help keep the pantry well stocked and organized. In our eight years of operation, this is our busiest season yet! If you are interested in stepping up, please take a look at what we need and let us know how you’d like to help. Interested volunteers can contact Joelle Hannert at jhannert@nmc.edu. Thank you!
Food Drive Helping Hands
Monday, November 24, 9:30am to 12:00pm.
Musician Luke Winslow King is holding a food drive at his November 23 Dennos Concert Series event in support of the NMC Food pantry. Help us move, unpack and organize the goods on Monday, November 24.
Sign up to help with the Food Drive unpacking here. Learn more about the concert and get tickets here.
Liaison to Christ Church Pantry
Ongoing
Work with our neighbor pantry at Christ Church (near the Civic Center) to pick up bread and other extra food they have available and stock it in the NMC Pantry. Shifts could be weekly or biweekly, and someone from the pantry team would come along with you the first time to support you as you learn the process.
Requirements: This volunteer would need to have a vehicle with space enough to haul about 4 crates of food at a time (a car or SUV with a trunk and/or clean backseat would be fine). They would need to be available either Mondays, Wednesdays, or Fridays from 12:30-1:30 p.m. They would need to be able to lift and carry boxes up to 25 pounds.
Liaison to Bubbie’s Bagels
Ongoing
Work with our neighbors at Bubbie’s Bagels to pick up their day-old bagels and stock them in the pantry.
Requirements: This volunteer would need to have a vehicle with enough space to haul food (a car or SUV with a trunk and/or clean backseat would be fine). They would need to be able to lift and carry boxes up to 25 pounds.
Food Pantry Runner
Ongoing
Our small food pantry team could really use a helper who can run sporadic pickups for us to and from local stores. The specific needs would be varied; the volunteer would coordinate with the food pantry team via email to get things done.
Requirements: The ideal volunteer for this position would have a schedule open enough to run one to two errands per month during NMC business hours, be organized, and have a vehicle with enough space to haul food (a car or SUV with a trunk and/or clean backseat would be fine). They would need to be able to lift and carry boxes up to 25 pounds.
Mobile Food Pantry
December 1, 3-5 p.m.
Help distribute food via the mobile food pantry on Monday, Dec. 1 in the Maple Parking Lot. Folks interested in helping out on this date should contact Cathy Warner at cwarner@nmc.edu.