Please apply to be a NorthPoint Volunteer:
https://volunteer.bloomerang.co/web-admin/app/#/join-party?k=2ts8d7sai99bqu&e=27654&fromOrg
Assignments:
Volunteers will be assigned to packing boxes of dry food, bagging produce, receiving and stocking donations and purchased food deliveries. NorthPoint staff will have direct contact with guests (not volunteers) to register and receive food. When you arrive for your shift, please use the entry door of the Food Shelf, enter, to record your time sign in, check in with designated supervisor and wash your hands in the breakroom or hand washing sink. Please remember to sign out at the end of your shift. Our Food Shelf Supervisor will provide you with training at your first shift as well.
Health and Safety around COVID-19:
Please take all necessary precautions if you are health compromised or caring for someone with compromised health. Please do not volunteer if you or anyone in your household has tested positive for COVID-19.
Please do not volunteer if you are sick or anyone in your household is sick or experiencing any of the following symptoms: Fever, Cough, Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, Chills, Headache, Muscle pain, Sore throat, New loss of taste or smell
This list is subject to change to reflect the current public health recommendations. For more information, see the Minnesota Department of Health website: https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/index.html
Required face coverings:
All staff and volunteers are encouraged to wear face coverings that cover both mouth and nose and are secure with ear loops. NorthPoint will provide disposable masks and gloves during yours shift.
How to Dress and What to Bring:
Please wear closed-toe shoes to protect your feet from boxes and pallets. No sandals please. Please dress modestly with shorts that come to the knee or long pants and short or long sleeves. There will be bottled drinking water on site but you are also encouraged to bring your own reusable water bottle. Hand sanitizer and disposable masks will be available throughout the building.
Directions and Parking:
Free ramp parking is suggested and available across the street from the main campus at:
1256 Penn Avenue North. Parking entrance is located via Oliver Avenue North.
Jamiela Taylor | Volunteer Engagement Coordinator
jtaylor@npimn.org; 612-767-0324 phone/text
