We're looking for volunteers that want to make a routine commitment to their community, socialize with other volunteers, and keep active, while helping to feed the hungry in Arizona. Routine volunteers quickly become experts and process foods 2 to 3 times more efficiently than new volunteers! We love our regulars!

How long is a long-term commitment? It's as long as you want it to be, but generally at least 6 months of weekly activity. Volunteer 4-20 hours a week, you decide.

Great for winter visitors, summers off, retirees, parents with kids at school.

Come make a big impact!

Contact Krystina at kwanta@unitedfoodbank.org or try out a shift by signing up at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4eaaa62fa6f94-food5.

Friday Seed Librarians are the faces of our new Seed Library! We're looking for energetic, passionate volunteers to help get the word out and engage our clients.

Volunteer responsibilities include:

· Setting up table and signage before clients enter.
· Greeting clients and making exploring the library friendly and easy.
· Educating clients - Talk It Up!
· Helping clients select seeds that they can grow soon, either in a house or an apartment.
· Repackaging seeds, as needed.
· Recording client contact information and checkout items accurately.
· Screening incoming donations for quality.
· Checking donations into the system.
 
An excellent candidate will be:
· Friendly! Has a smile almost plastered on their face.
· Passionate! Do we have to stop you from talking about seeds, gardening, or the benefits of growing food? YES!
· Able to keep control of a busy area, redirecting non-participating clients to the next table, keeping the processes moving.
· Available.  Has room in regular schedule to volunteer 5 hours per week, every other week, or monthly, on a fixed schedule, vacations not withstanding.
· Committed.  Ready to take ownership in a long-term role – doesn’t need to be forever, but wouldn’t mind hanging out with us for 6 months or more.
 
Optional skills (not required):
· Maricopa county gardening experience, or similar climate. YES!
· Indoor or patio gardener? YES!
· Master Gardener or Master Gardener Intern? YES!
· Student of local gardening classes, agriculture programs, sustainability? YES!
· Has a large volume of orange clothing and accessories for September’s Hunger Awareness Month
· Has a supply of magic beans
 
Perks:
· Knowing your work is enormously valuable to each and every person you speak to.  YOU – yes YOU! You change lives!
· Our never-ending gratitude.
· Insider knowledge about our inventory and the ability to check out seeds yourself.
· T-shirt (available in March, unless you wear a small or medium, in which case you can have one right away).
· Fabulous prize packages*         *not really, we’re a non-profit, but we would if we could!

United Food Bank has a brand new seed library that is already going GANGBUSTERS! We're looking for some energetic, passionate supporters to help grow it to keep pace with demand. The Gardening, Culinary and Nutrition Educators are among the faces of the new Seed Library!

Volunteer responsibilities include:

· Setting up table and signage before clients enter.
· Greeting clients and making exploring the library friendly and easy.
· Educating clients - Talk It Up!
· Helping clients select seeds that they can grow soon, either in a house or an apartment.
· Creating and conducting demonstrations of gardening, seed saving, culinary use, or nutrition.

An excellent candidate will be:
· Friendly! Has a smile almost plastered on their face.
· Passionate! Do we have to stop you from talking about seeds, gardening, or the benefits of growing food? YES!
· Able to keep control of a busy area, redirecting non-participating clients to the next table, keeping the processes moving.
· Engaging! Not afraid to jump into conversations with helpful information.
· Available.  Has room in regular schedule to volunteer 5 hours per week, every other week, or monthly, on a fixed schedule, vacations not withstanding.
· Committed.  Ready to take ownership in a long-term role – doesn’t need to be forever, but wouldn’t mind hanging out with us for 6 months or more.
 
Optional skills (not required):
· Maricopa county gardening experience, or similar climate. YES!
· Indoor or patio gardener? YES!
· Master Gardener or Master Gardener Intern? YES!
· Student of local gardening classes, agriculture programs, sustainability or nutrition programs? YES!
· Has a large volume of orange clothing and accessories for September’s Hunger Awareness Month
· Has a supply of magic beans
 
Perks:
· Knowing your work is enormously valuable to each and every person you speak to.  YOU – yes YOU! You change lives!
· Our never-ending gratitude.
· Insider knowledge about our inventory and the ability to check out seeds yourself.
· T-shirt (available in March, unless you wear a small or medium, in which case you can have one right away).

Fabulous prize packages*         *not really, we’re a non-profit, but we would if we could!

United Food Bank has a brand new seed library that is already going GANGBUSTERS! We're looking for some energetic, passionate supporters to help grow it to keep pace with demand. This Seed Librarian position is behind the scenes. Flexible hours Monday through Friday, 8am to 3pm.

Volunteer responsibilities include:

· Entering data from previous week's checkouts and checkins
· Updating inventory
· Pre-packaging seeds
· Harvesting seeds from cuttings taken from our seed garden.
· Assisting with weekly seed selections for checkout 

An excellent candidate will be:
· Comfortable working independently; loves sinking themselves into projects.
· Passionate! Do we have to stop you from talking about seeds, gardening, or the benefits of growing food? YES!
· Organized! Able to keep tabs on all pieces of the puzzle, develop and follow processes for job sharing with additional volunteers.
· Available.  Has room in regular schedule to volunteer 4+ hours per week, every other week, or monthly, on a fixed schedule, vacations not withstanding.
· Committed.  Ready to take ownership in a long-term role – doesn’t need to be forever, but wouldn’t mind hanging out with us for 6 months or more.
· Patient! Working with seeds is sometimes detailed work.
· Has good eyesight, great glasses, and able to work with a magnifying glass as needed.
 
Optional skills (not required):
· Maricopa county gardening experience, or similar climate. YES!
· Indoor or patio gardener? YES!
· Master Gardener or Master Gardener Intern? YES!
· Student of local gardening classes, agriculture programs, sustainability? YES!
· Has a large volume of orange clothing and accessories for September’s Hunger Awareness Month
· Has a supply of magic beans
· Reads and writes Spanish.
 
Perks:
· Knowing your work is enormously valuable to each and every person you seed packets are provided to.  YOU – yes YOU! You change lives!
· Our never-ending gratitude.
· Insider knowledge about our inventory and the ability to check out seeds yourself.
· T-shirt (available in March, unless you wear a small or medium, in which case you can have one right away).
· Fabulous prize packages*         *not really, we’re a non-profit, but we would if we could.

Pre-screening, volunteer application, and signed confidentiality agreement required before placement. .