Opportunity Overview
The St. Louis MetroMarket is a non-profit mobile farmers market that serves St. Louis area food deserts by providing direct access to fresh and affordable produce, meat, and staple goods and by advocating on behalf of these communities on issues related to food justice, hunger, and health.
Warehouse Volunteers are a vital part of the St. Louis MetroMarket crew. Warehouse Volunteers will help ensure that the MetroMarket is ready to go into the community filled with fresh produce. This volunteer opportunity is fun and fast paced, requiring high energy, fast learning, a great attitude, and the ability to think on your feet.
Volunteers must be able to:
- Lift at least 25 pounds
- Stand for 2 hours
Volunteer task include:
- Packing bags of fresh produce
- Loading items onto the bus
- General cleaning
- Disposing of bad produce
- Stamping MetroMarket logo onto bags
Important information
- Wear close toed shoes, no sandals are allowed for safety concerns.
- You will be in a warehouse setting, please wear casual clothes that can get dirty.
- Feel free to bring water bottles, we have a fountain that you can refill them at.
- You may be in a cooler and freezer briefly, so bring layers. We have coats on site if you'd like.
When arriving please enter the main entrance of Operation Food Search.
