Opportunities From: Houston Food Bank

Thank you for choosing to serve with the Houston Food Bank. Your leadership and dedication are essential to advancing our mission of Food for Better Lives. We are grateful for your generous donation of time and your commitment to strengthening our community.

Arrival:

Student Heroes must arrive 30minutes prior to the start of the shift (e.x. arrive at 8:30 AM for the 9:00 AM shift).

You have a 15-minute grace period to arrive at the Dedicated Volunteer Hub (e.x. must arrive by 8:45 AM) - Student Heroes who arrive later than the grace period will not be allowed to volunteer for that shift.

Duties & Responsibilities

Student Heroes are expected to assist HFB personnel by leading, supervising, and supporting volunteers during assigned projects. Duties may include:

Lead and facilitate projectSet up the project area with required materials before volunteers' arrival.Complete the startup and shutdown procedure.Engage with volunteers while solving any uprising problems

Attire

Closed-toe shoes and appropriate volunteer attire are expected.

ACL shirt 

Your leadership truly makes a difference. Thank you for helping us advance our mission of Food for Better Lives.

Join VS daily for production floor shifts in the following areas:
-Backpack Buddy
-Unsorted Dry
-Meat Sort
-Carousel (First Sort)
-Carousel (Second Sort)
-Carousel (Side of the Line)
-CRC

1st Shift & 2nd Shift

8am-12pm 

1pm-4pm 

Please arrive 15 minutes before shift.
If you are there to take a lead position or to assist a rep in a particular area, please find your contact person.
For all production shifts clock in and out via the Galaxy Digital kiosk located in Volunteer Services.

Support Crew Expectations:

Shadow and assist project leads.Students in the support crew are the go-to and expert in the projects side jobs (recycling, palatizing, box-making, and restocking)Identify and address project mistakestouch tables, identify bottle necks around the project area, and critical thinking skills to solve problems.Support the foodbank during the production shift by being a lobby support attendantassist the welcome with signing volunteers in, deliver safety presentations and offer tourslead volunteers that arrive late to the designated project area.Attending the various leadership development workshops targeted on leadership development and project leading.