Breads & Sweets
Volunteers working in the food bank are responsible for the critical task of sorting and re-packaging food items to prepare for delivery to communities and/or pick up by partners. Daily operations are overseen by the Food Bank Lead, a seasoned volunteer or staff.
Responsibilities:
- Receiving all donations of bread items (i.e. loaves, rolls, tortillas, biscuits) and sweets (i.e. donuts, cookies, cakes, pies) as they are delivered by the drivers
- Separating the breads from the sweets
- Packaging Bread and Sweet community boxes with a variety of items.
- Storing sweet items that require refrigeration in designated refrigerators. These items are pulled when a truck is ready to go directly to a delivery. Some examples are: cheese cake, tres leche, pudding, large frosted cakes, Publix donuts with chocolate icing etc.
- Packaging loose bakery items (i.e. donuts, scones, muffins, pastries) that are not wrapped individually into bakery bags of 3-4 items each.
Requirements:
Ability to work in tight spaces
Ability to bend and lift 10-20 pounds.
