We provide nutritionally balanced food boxes for families and individuals in emergency situations and we depend on over 120 volunteers to do so. Here are some ways you can become involved:
Liaison: Work with your church, synagogue or house of worship to coordinate food and clothing drives, our Christmas in July program, offerings, volunteers, communications and deliveries.
Inventory Assistant: Assist staff with receiving deliveries, storing food and stocking shelves (mornings).
Bagger: Assist clients with packing food boxes, getting produce and bread (afternoons).
Greeter: Welcome clients, answer questions, sign up clients for other services, serve coffee and pastries, help keep folks organized and taken care of (mid-day/afternoons at Luther Memorial; Thursday evenings at Genesis).
Office Assistant: Help with inventory, reports, phone answering, faxing.
Backpacker: Help provide weekend food to homeless school kids – pick up backpacks from school on Monday and store them at our facility, fill the bags and return them to school on Thursday or Friday. We provide the school contacts and, through donations, the food and backpacks.
Courier: Pick up bread or produce from the Oregon Food Bank, houses of worship, supermarkets and other retail outlets one day each week.
Clothing Center Assistant: Sort, arrange and display clothes in the clothing center. Help people find the clothes they need and keep records of the number of items they take.
Cleaning and Maintenance: Help with clean up (late afternoons) and occasional repairs or improvement projects.
Vacation/Emergency Specialist: Substitute for our regulars during their well deserved breaks or when we find ourselves really short on help. Be on the on-call list to help fill food boxes, interview recipients, stock shelves, unload trucks or help us in a variety of ways on short notice.
Community Service: High school and college students, you can volunteer after school, on weekends, and over holiday and summer breaks, and gain valuable experience and good references on your resumes.
Howard Kenyon, Program Manager
Location: Luther Memorial Lutheran Church, 4800 NE 72nd Ave., Portland, OR 97218
Phone: (503) 284-5470
E-mail: nefp@emoregon.org
