Home Delivered Meals Volunteer

Home Delivered Meals Volunteer

Home Delivered Meals Volunteers will assist on their assigned day by delivering hot lunches to seniors and completing duties such as:

• Pick up meals (hot and cold food containers) and a route sheet at designated Home Delivered Meals site
• Deliver meals to between 5 to 14 households, greet clients, and check to see if they are okay
• Return empty containers to pick up point immediately after delivery

Knowledge and Skill Requirements:

• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Must be good with people
• Drive own vehicle and have a valid driver's license
• Have ability to follow and carry out instructions

License, Certification, and Other Special Requirements:

Volunteer must be able to lift 10-15 lb. container into car and able to climb stairs if necessary, use a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Work requires stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pulling, lifting, grasping, and repetitive motions. Vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly, or quickly. Hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels, to receive detailed information through oral communications, and/or to make fine distinctions in sound. Visual acuity is required for depth perception, color perception, preparing and analyzing written or computer data, visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts, determining the accuracy and thoroughness of work, and observing general surroundings and activities. The volunteer is subject to inside and outside environmental conditions.