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Volunteer Hot Spots

Help fill our most urgent volunteer needs!

Please review our guidelines before signing up for a shift. 
  • Vaccine Requirement: Provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination prior to your scheduled shift or in-person on the day of your shift.
  • Face Masks are only required during direct contact to clients and while providing services. 
  • Health Guidelines: Check your health prior to arriving to your scheduled shift. If you feel sick, please stay home.
  • Minimum Age Requirement: 15 years old
  • Community Service Hours: If you have court-ordered community service hours to complete, you MUST notify Volunteer Services via email volunteer@openhand.org.
  • Volunteers must:
    - Practice safe steps in food handling and preparation: wear protective gear (hats/hairnet, beard guard, and gloves) during entire shift and thoroughly wash and sanitize hands.
    - Follow all instructions given by staff, whose main goals are the quality of the meals and safety of clients, volunteers and staff alike.
    - Be able to lift up to 25 lbs. and stand for the entire shift.

Prepare and Package Meals (Kitchen)

Location: 730 Polk St.
Tasks include packaging and labeling prepared meals in containers and assembling frozen-meal bags.

 

If you are looking for a different way to help, we are accepting the following donations:

  • Financial donation 
  • New, unopened Toiletries 
  • Food donations. We accept foods from licensed or regulated food service providers (restaurants, grocers, bakeries, etc).

Questions? Email volunteer@openhand.org.