Note: You are outside and the cars drive through. We are taking precautions due to Covid-19, but this is a vital need to our community so we must carry on.
Goal: To assist Help Center Manager and Site Supervisor with providing food, water-related supplies/filters, educational opportunities, on-site enrollment for health and basic-needs services, employment resources, mental and physical health options, and community resource information to Flint residents affected by our water/lead crisis.
Expectations for volunteers:
• Hard-working and courteous
• Friendly and polite; able to project positivity and helpfulness to residents
• Comfortable working directly with people and large crowds
• Able to work as a team; able to work cooperatively
• Able to follow instructions and complete a task independently
• Able to stand for long periods of time
Outline of activities, tasks and responsibilities:
• Assist with set-up for the food distribution
• Assist with set-up for the community partners’ resource stations
• Assist with packing and distribution of resource and/or food bags
• Assist with water distribution when available
• Direct visitors to the various stations of the help center
• Assist with break-down and clean-up for food distribution and resource stations
• Interact with residents in a friendly, positive, happy and professional manner
Accountability and Support
• Volunteers report directly to Help Center manager and/or site supervisor
