Food Processing
Food Processing
- Sort through the food and prepare it for distribution, gleaning product that might not be suitable for market shelves
- Stock shelves and assign points with non-perishable food items
- Stock cooler, produce, and bakery items
- Rotate product and check expiration dates to ensure quality.
This position requires standing on a concrete floor. Sturdy, close-toed shoes are required.
Market Checker and Bagger
Checker:
- help guests unload their shopping cart
- add up all points used per guest
- give each guest total points receipt from adding machine
Bagger:
- bag, weigh, and tally entire guest order
- Assist guests as needed
These positions work directly with our guests and require patience, understanding, and caring.
Warehouse Assistant
- Receive food collected from grocers, food drives and community donations
- Assist in unloading our refrigerator truck and van
- Weigh the product and record donation
- Place non-perishable food in area for sorting
- Stock freezer with donated meat and freezer products
- Hand the perishable food off to our Food Processing
This position involves bending, standing, lifting (25 lbs) and pushing.
Senior Program Volunteer Opportunities
- 3rd Avenue Senior Café Kitchen Assistance: Help prepare delicious lunches for our seniors!
- Serving meals
- Meal Prep
- Baking
- Setting up tables in 3rd Avenue Senior Café
- Clean-up
- 3rd Avenue Senior Café Activities: Engage our senior guests in recreational, social, and educational activities!
- Check-in desk
- Hosting a class
- Are you an expert on nutrition, health, fitness, crafting, or a particular card game? Contact us at 208-773-0139 to see if you can share your knowledge with our seniors!
- Administrative tasks: filing, writing cards, preparing mailers & other office needs.
- Home Delivered Meals Support
- Picking up meals and delivering them to our homebound seniors.
- Home Delivered Meals Support
- Picking up meals and delivering them to our homebound seniors.
Volunteers
For more information about volunteering at the Post Falls Food Bank, call us at 208-773-0139 or email [email protected].
Applications available online, or pick one up in our office!
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- ALL youth 17 and under must have parental/guardian consent to volunteer.
- Youth 14 and younger must be accompanied by an adult and are welcome by appointment.
- Special event organizations and groups are welcome to set up volunteer opportunities by appointment.
