Lunch kit Crew: Managed through a FB messenger group and the Meal Train Pro calendar app. De vanning, packing and delivering 50 kids lunch supplies kits every week to the Birkdale and Beachhaven Community project who distribute them through schools to families experiencing deprivation. Sometimes includes “breakfast packs” of shelf stable foods for college kids.

Frequency: Weekly Monday morning 9.45am - 11.30am during term time

Vacancy: No Vacancy

Lifting: Yes – some heavy

Casual General Hand A general hand will do a variety of tasks from breaking down cardboard to de vanning, stocking shelves and re-bagging. A general hand will also be trained to pick and pack veggie bags and hygiene packs. Managed through a text message group and the Meal Train Pro calendar app. These are friendly and social activities. Some weeks there will only be one person, other times 3 or more depending on the volunteers availability. Drinks and snacks are provided.

Frequency: Weekly ongoing -Monday-Friday 9.30 -12.00 and 12.30 -3.30

Vacancy - This is a casual, “as you are available role”. Once we have your details you can just fill in your availability on the Meal Train Pro calendar which shows you which shifts are available and shows us who has signed up to take them.

Lifting: Moderate lifting involved

Fixed Shift General Hand: This involves commiting to a regular day and time each week. It can be just the morning or through till 1.30 -2pm. The tasks are the same as a casual General Hand but as you become more experienced you’ll learn how our systems work and you’ll pack food parcels and likely do some deliveries.

Frequency: 1 day a week, ongoing

Vacancy – Wednesdays and Fridays currently

Lifting: Some heavy lifting. Current drivers licence is helpful.

INight Pack Crew: Managed by Janelle Breckell and Chris Berry. A social group that meets in the foodbank after hours to re package donated items. This informal group provides a rebagging and prep service to the Food Bank and occurs on a Wednesay evening from around 7.30 pm till 9ish at Shore Vineyard Church. Occuring at the same time as “youth group. Primarily re bagging and labeling food items and breaking down cardboard. Some lifting.

Frequency: Weekly ongoing during term time only

Vacancy – No vacancy

Wednesday night from 7.30 pm.

Lifting: Moderate lifting from time to time

Bread Collection

We have a weekly donation of Bread from Bakers Delight in Milford. The Bread MUST be collected every single Thursday at 6pm so the store can close, with empty shelves ready for the next day. This donation saves us thousands of dollars a year.

Frequency: This program runs every single Thursday of the year. Pick your own shifts - as often or infrequently as you can manage.

Bread collection is managed through a combined FB messenger group called “Loafers” which also includes the rebagging crews. Shifts are booked via the Meal Train Pro calendar app. Meal Train sends out reminders to all of us when dates are booked, cancelled etc.

Bread Collection: Suitable for an individual after work with a vehicle.

Tasks: Collect the boxes and bags from the office and drive to Bakers Delight Milford at 6pm, sign the collection form and collect all the bread and sticky buns, bring them back to the offices, lock up and leave. Frequency: ongoing - weekly, choose your own dates

Vacancy - Vacancies - urgent

Lifting: Moderate

We have a weekly donation of Bread from Bakers Delight in Milford. The Bread MUST be collected every single week so the store can close, with empty shelves, ready for the next day. This donation saves us thousands of dollars a year.

Frequency: This program runs every single week of the year. Pick your own shifts - as often or infrequently as you can manage.

What Shifts are available? Re - Bagging crews can either come on a Thursday evening after 6.45pm when the food bank is closed or on a Friday Morning at 9.30 am. Kids are welcome.

How it works: Gather your Bread Re-Bagging crew - Suitable for a group of 3 adults or a family, friend group, work team or flatters... Shifts are managed through a combined FB messenger group called “Loafers” which also includes the bread collection crews. Choose your dates and add them to the Meal Train Pro calendar. Meal Train sends out reminders to all of us when dates are booked, cancelled etc.

How long does it take? Re-bagging takes between 45 mins to an hour approximately, as amounts vary from week to week.

Tasks: Come to our facility, use the freezer bags provided to bag the donated bread, rolls and sticky buns so they can be frozen for use during the following week.

Frequency: ongoing - weekly, choose your own dates to suit your crews availability

Vacancy - Vacancies - urgent

Lifting: Light

Drivers: Managed primarily through a dedicated messenger group the volunteer drivers deliver around 50% of our food parcels. We try to have a regular driver locked in for each day of the week and then our casual drivers pick up the overflow.

Deliveries can be anywhere on the North Shore and drivers must have a current licence, and a registered vehicle. A reasonable level of fitness is required as boxes are heavy and need to be carried from the car to the door. Collections are from our offices in Forrest Hill usually after 2pm. Vaccination is not required but is recommended for drivers, as we deliver to Covid Positive households. We have a small van (automatic and very easy to drive) which is available for multiple deliveries to drivers over 25. We try to group deliveries so that drivers are not travelling from one end of the Shore to the other. Deliveries happen Monday to Friday and can be done after hours too if that suits you better.

Regular Drivers: We have a vacancy for a regular “Fixed Shift” driver on Tuesdays and Fridays

Casual Drivers: Vacancies – ongoing, join the messenger group and do deliveries when you can

Lifting: Yes – some heavy