Pantry Desk volunteer: Thursday morning 8:30 am – 12:30 pm.
Pantry Desk responsibilities: greeting guests, signing them in for food apt, scheduling food apt, and light paperwork.

Front Desk volunteer: Tuesday afternoon 12:30 pm – 4 pm and Thursday morning 8:30 am – 12: 30 pm. responsibilities include answering phones, providing resources, making appointments, light paperwork, and filing.

Lunch Program volunteers Thursday – Friday (looking for 1 volunteer each day) from 10:30 am – 1:30 pm.
Responsibilities include: serving guests hot lunch, cleaning/clearing cafe’ tables, setting out recipes/daily scripture, assisting with kitchen clean up.

Youth Program: Volunteer clearances are required, PA State Criminal Clearance, PA Child Abuse History, and FBI Fingerprinting.

Help is needed Monday and Tuesday from 4 pm – 6 pm.

• Food Pantry

1 USDA desk: needed Thursday

2  pantry volunteers from Thursday from 12 pm – 4 pm

• must be able to lift

Littlestown is looking for volunteers for all positions.

Administrative:

Front Desk Receptionist welcomes our guests and manages our lobby area.  This is a wonderful position for those who are good communicators and multi-task well.

Pantry Roles:

USDA Desk Volunteers ensure compliance with federal USDA requirements for food distribution.  This role is ideal for detail-oriented people who can ensure New Hope is complying with all federal requirements.

Appointment Desk Volunteers manage the appointment book by scheduling appointments for pantry guests.  This role is great for people-oriented individuals who are also good communicators and multi-taskers.

Pantry Volunteers assist guests with shopping and ensure that pantry shelves are well stocked with a variety of food choices.  This is a great position for volunteers who are people-oriented.  This requires the ability to stand for long periods of time and to be able to lift food pantry items (carts are provided for transporting heavier items).

Warehouse Volunteers are mostly behind the scenes, managing the warehouse, receiving donations and resources before being weighed into the pantry.

Nutrition Volunteers have a passion for nutrition and cooking and are happy to share that passion with our guests by demonstrating healthy, creative ways to cook with pantry items.

Youth Program: Volunteer clearances are required, PA State Criminal Clearance, PA Child Abuse History, and FBI Fingerprinting.

2 Front desk receptionists: Needed Friday morning and afternoon.

Pantry Helpers: Needed Friday Afternoons.

Our pantry volunteer responsibilities are more people-oriented. They welcome all guests into the pantry and also receive our food donations. Pantry volunteers assist guests with their shop in a most friendly manner and also help bring a loaded shopping cart up to our parking lot ramp. The pantry volunteer also restocks shelves and helps maintain a clean pantry area.

Warehouse: 

• Sorters: Thursday and Friday afternoon 12 pm – 3 pm, 3 people needed to sort through large quantities of donations.

• Truck drivers: (must get DOT health screen and drug test prior to approval for driving) Thursday mornings 6:30 am – 12 pm, 1 person needed, this person will need to be able to drive a large truck and back up to docks.

• Truck helpers: (ride with the driver)- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 6:30 am, 2 people are needed, this person assists the driver in picking up donations from various stores.
• Donation receiving: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 12 pm – 3 pm, 2 people needed to attend to our donation door in the warehouse. This person helps weigh in and give donors receipts.

Hospitality/Kitchen Volunteer: Needed Monday and Wednesday mornings & Monday through Thursday afternoons.

Youth Program: Volunteer clearances are required, PA State Criminal Clearance, PA Child Abuse History, and FBI Fingerprinting.

Help needed Monday and Wednesday Mornings from 9 am – 12 pm and Tuesday and Thursday from 4 pm – 6 pm.

Immediate help is needed for our new location!

Front desk receptionist: Monday-Friday, 8 shifts to fill from 8:30am-12:30pm or 12-4pm

A front desk receptionist is a wonderful position for those who multitask well. Our front desk volunteers 1.  answer the phones and give referrals as needed 2. keep records of scheduled guests and appointments 3. sign guests up for different programs 4. help file and 5. other duties as needed, for example: pray with guests as needed.

Pantry Helpers: Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday Afternoons

Our pantry volunteer responsibilities are more people-oriented. They welcome all guests into the pantry and also receive our food donations. Pantry volunteers assist guests with their shop in a most friendly manner and also help bring a loaded shopping cart up our parking lot ramp. The pantry volunteer also restocks shelves and helps maintain a clean pantry area.

Warehouse: Monday – Friday 8 shifts to fill 8:30am-12:30pm or 12-4pm

Warehouse volunteers help manage the warehouse, receive donations and resources prior to being weighed in the panty.

Truck delivery/pick up: Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays 9 am-11 or 12-2 pm

Our volunteers will drive to local stores to pick up pre-arranged weekly donations. Our volunteer may use a NHM vehicle or their personal vehicle. This position asks for strength to lift and load food when picking up and then again when arriving at the center.

Youth Program: Volunteer clearances are required, PA State Criminal Clearance, PA Child Abuse History, and FBI Fingerprinting.

Help needed Tuesday and Thursday Morning from 9am -12pm and Tuesday and Thursday Biweekly from 4pm – 6pm

• Pantry Desk: Need help with answering phones, helping guests set up their next food appointments. Have some typing and computer basic knowledge.

• Front Desk: Need help with answering phones, helping set up casework appointments, collect proper paperwork and other forms as needed for appointments, prepare files and reminder calls for next day appt. Assist and aid in helping the Caseworkers as needed.

• Youth Program: Volunteer clearances are required, PA State Criminal Clearance, PA Child Abuse History, and FBI Fingerprinting.