VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR POSTAL FOOD DRIVE, SATURDAY, MAY 9TH FROM 2 P.M. UNTIL 7 P.M. PLEASE CALL 622-9208 EXT. 10 TO TAKE A SHIFT! THIS IS OUR BIGGEST FOOD DRIVE OF THE YEAR!
Clothing Room
Volunteers in the Clothing Room greet donors and clients. They sort, organize and merchandise the donated clothing prior to helping our clients make their selections.
Food Pantry
Volunteers in the Food Pantry greet clients and provide them with the shopping guidelines to help the clients through our grocery store type setting. Volunteers sort and organize the donated and purchased food items and stock the shelves for our clients to make their selections. The volunteers check-out the clients and bag their groceries.
Pick-Ups
Volunteers are needed to help pick up donated items from our local retailers. There are also weekly shopping excursions to Poricelli’s Food Mart and the Food Bank of Lower Fairfield Country, when assistance is needed to select and transport food.
Food and Clothing Drives
Many individuals, local organizations and religious congregations conduct food drives as one-time events and on-going programs. There are volunteer opportunities to help organize, conduct and work during the numerous food and clothing drives
Youth Volunteer Program
This newly initiated program offers the opportunity for young volunteers to work with clients, staff and adult volunteers in the Clothing Room and the Food Pantry.
Time slots
We are flexible on the hours we request, but try to entice our daily volunteers to work a shift during our operating hours Monday – Saturday from 8:30am – 12:30pm.
Training
We conduct a brief training session to show you to the basic tasks in the Clothing Room and Food Pantry. Most of your knowledge about Neighbor’s operation will be obtained as you experience your volunteer opportunity.
Please contact our Executive Director, Cathy Lynch at 203-622-9208 ext.11 or at clynch@n-to-n.org.
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