Drivers pick up bags at the Newton Food Pantry and drive to Newton housing facilities to make contactless deliveries.Volunteers must have their own car and be able to lift 30-pound bags.
Volunteers help inside the Newton Food Pantry with set up and bagging for bulk delivery pickups.
weekly – sort, fold, and hang clothes.
Help with seasonal maintenance i.e. raking leaves, cleaning gutters, etc. Time commitment of a few hours once every three-four months
The Northborough Food Pantry is run entirely by volunteers. We are currently accepting applications for volunteers interested in staffing pantry on Thursday evenings when open for clients and for special projects and stocking shelves during weekend food drives.
Volunteers bag nonperishable food and personal care products inside the Newton Food Pantry.
Volunteers work with a small team to unload 7,000 pounds of food from our truck. Heavy lifting is required in this role.
Volunteers help clients with their bimonthly shopping inside the Newton Food Pantry. Tasks include greeting clients, managing flow in the waiting areas and in the pantry, assisting clients with bagging their groceries, and loading groceries into cars once clients are finished shopping. Spanish, Russian, Mandarin, and Portuguese speaking volunteers are an added bonus to our…
Long-term bimonthly commitment to help deliver groceries to medically homebound clients.
Interns/Volunteers trained as counselors willing to complete an additional unit of training can become certified as “Advocates”. Advocates provide support to Survivors and their loved ones at area hospitals following an assault while the Survivor is medically cleared and completes a forensic examination. Advocates may also be assigned to accompany a Survivor a local police…