Volunteer Opportunities

MEND Pantry Support Volunteers

Hub and Pantry Assistance

Thanks for your interest in volunteering with MEND! Here you'll find opportunitites to help get the pantries ready for distributions by sorting and shelving donated and purchased food, and preparing food for transport from the Hub to the pantries.

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Robin Peacock

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Volunteer Opportunities

10/27/2021 (Wed.)

MEND Hub

11:00am - 12:30pm

Food Distribution Packing for Family Connections (3)

Help MEND pack bags of food for delivery to families identified through Family Connections. Masks and Gloves must be worn at all times, and can be provided as needed.

All slots filled

Ching Tan

Diana Lim

jane jones

jane k m jones

11/03/2021 (Wed.)

MEND Hub

11:00am - 12:30pm

Food Distribution Packing for Family Connections (3)

Help MEND pack bags of food for delivery to families identified through Family Connections. Masks and Gloves must be worn at all times, and can be provided as needed.

All slots filled

Mary Rountree

Ching Tan

Judith Dunaway

11/10/2021 (Wed.)

MEND Hub

11:00am - 12:30pm

Food Distribution Packing for Family Connections (3)

Help MEND pack bags of food for delivery to families identified through Family Connections. Masks and Gloves must be worn at all times, and can be provided as needed.

2 of 3 slots filled

Mary Rountree

Judith Dunaway

Georgia King Village, 250 Georgia King Village, Newark, NJ 07107

1:45pm - 4:00pm

Mobile Market Support (4)

Join MEND on the Move - a pilot program to increase access to fresh food for all! Volunteer at a "mobile market," where you will help unload, set up, distribute, and breakdown cases of fresh food for local residents

All slots filled

Margaret Santana

Ching Tan (2)

Laura Lee

11/11/2021 (Thu.)

Elmwood Presbyterian Church Food Pantry

11:30am - 12:30pm

Pantry Support - Sweet Pea Van Unloading (2)

Help unload food from our Sweet Pea van and shelve it for future distributions. Must be able to lift/carry at least 40 pounds and bend/climb and descend stairs.

All slots filled

aaron back

Lloyd Carnegie

11/13/2021 (Sat.)

Zion Towers (Elizabeth Towers)

9:00am - 12:30pm

Mobile Market Support (4)

All slots filled

Robert Holup (4)

11/16/2021 (Tue.)

MEND Hub

10:00am - 12:00pm

Food Donation Sorting (3)

Help sort and date-check non-perishable food donations at the MEND Hub, for later distribution to our food pantries. Mask are required at all times in the Hub. Gloves and hand sanitizer also encouraged.