Opportunities From: Operation Food Search

Our Operation Backpack program is looking for a Milk Pallet Packing Volunteer for the Satellite leg of our Operation Backpack program!

Operation Backpack not only provides bags of shelf stable food to kids to take home over the weekends when they don't have access to school lunches, we also support outside partner groups that operate their own Backpack programs by providing them with shelf stable milk and cereal to supplement the bags that they pack for the children of their communities.

This volunteer role will be packing up to 20 pallets of milk according to the orders we receive from our Satellite Partners. This role can be quite a workout and requires an individual who is able to repetitively lift and carry up to 25 pounds at a time. Please note that the volunteer shift may not take the entire two hours that are posted.

In order to distribute the large quantities of food safely and efficiently, we rely on packing boxes for distribution. We receive weekly donations of bread from Pepperidge Farms, which need to be checked for quality and sorted into variety boxes for our agency partners to receive. This position would require that you lift boxes of bread with varying weights on to pallets, as well as tape up the boxes needed to pack the bread in to. 

Physical requirements: This position requires lifting, bending, and standing for long periods of time. Candidate must be able to lift ~20 lbs., be on your feet for 2 hours and able to work in cold or warm conditions.

Setting: Position is located at Operation Food Search in the Volunteer Center. The VC does have some temperature control measures, but due to the large garage doors sitting open for distribution it is difficult to control the temperature during extreme conditions.

Training: Training for position will be conducted on-site.

In order to distribute the large quantities of food safely and efficiently, we rely on packing boxes for distribution. This position would require that you lift boxes of food and drinks with varying weights and sizes on to carts. Sorting the meat donations we receive is important to agencies that are not able to receive a certain type of meat, as well as making it easier to distribute. 

Physical requirements: This position requires lifting, bending, and standing for long periods of time. Candidate must be able to lift 20-40 lbs., be on your feet for 2 and able to work in cold or warm conditions. Gloves provided. (Meat is transferred out of the freezer to be packed. You will not be in the freezer.)

Setting: Position is located at Operation Food Search in the distribution warehouse. The warehouse does have some temperature control measures, but due to the large garage doors sitting open for distribution it is difficult to control the temperature during extreme conditions.

Training: Training for position will be conducted on-site.

To Bring: Water bottle