Welcome to The Food Depot, Volunteers!

 

Siler Road Pantry

 

Objective: Santa Fe County has a high number of residents who have limited access to full-service grocery stores that offer the fresh produce and affordable foods necessary to maintain a healthy diet. The Food Depot offers a biweekly food pantry program, seeking to eliminate hunger in our local community. This program provides an avenue by which nutritious food can be provided free of charge to families and individuals in need. Providing this much needed food improves the health and lives of the most vulnerable people of Northern New Mexico, many of them seniors and children.

 

Location:  Where is The Food Depot?

The Food Depot warehouse is located behind Kitchen Angels/Kitchenality at 1222 Siler Road, right off Cerrillos or Agua Fria. Please proceed through the black gate to the left of Kitchenality. Park anywhere in our gravel lot. Our front door is in the middle of the warehouse. You will see a "Donate Here" sign next to our front door, along with a logo for The Food Depot and a picnic table. Our front door is locked, so please ring the doorbell to enter. Wait in the lobby area for the rest of your group to arrive and the Volunteer team will check you in and let you know what we will be repacking that day.

 

Supervisor: Volunteer Coordinator, Pauline Montoya, Program Coordinator, Diego Salinas

 

Key Responsibilities:  

 

• Greet and welcome every person in every car or walkup guest, especially during registration.
• Lift up to 10-15 pounds
• Register each car with number of households and family members in those households.
• Hand out flyers for next distribution and alternative MFPs or distributions, as well as any other announcements and updates.
• Traffic Control to ensure that cars are driving through correct path.
• Engage with clients respectfully to answer any/all questions, as needed.
• Place prepacked food or produce into vehicles for guests, according to number of households.

 

Qualifications:

• Clear and effective communicator
• Ability to respect the client relationship in communicating and privacy
• Flexible schedule
• Excellent customer service skills
• Bilingual/biliterate is encouraged, but not required

 

Dress Code: Closed-toed, non-slip shoes; clean long pants or shorts (depending on the elements) and The Food Depot logoed sleeved shirts.

 

Time Commitment: One shift or more a month. Shifts are typically 2.5 hours.

 

Schedule Intervals: Distributions are 1st and 3rd Thursday monthly from 6:30 – 9 AM.