Food Shelf Volunteer
Current Volunteer Opportunities
Most needed volunteers
Volunteers: (Tues or Thurs – 8:45 am – 12:45 pm or 12:30 – 4:30 pm) Stock/sort/pre-pack and shop with clients. Commitment twice per month.
Volunteers: (Sat – 8:30 am – 12:30 pm). Stock/sort/pre-pack and shop with clients.
Rescue Support volunteers: (Tues or Thurs – 8:30 am – 12:00 pm) Requires no client contact. Receive grocery store food, check dates, and stock shelves. Commitment twice per month.
Monday truck delivery help: (9:30 am – 12:00 pm) Requires no client contact. Unload food items, stock shelves, refrigerators, and freezers. Must be able to lift 40lbs. Commitment twice per month.
What to Expect
The Food Shelf depends entirely on the support of our dedicated volunteers, whose efforts make it an invaluable resource for our community. We are deeply grateful for their commitment. We invite you to join our volunteer team and be part of an energized group focused on serving our neighbors. Your involvement will help us continue to provide essential support to those in need. Consider making a difference today!
Training is provided for all volunteer positions.
Other volunteer opportunities:
Delivery support role: Volunteers work a couple of Monday shifts a month from 9:30 am – 12:00 pm.
- Work with SOTV Food Shelf Operation Leaders and a team of volunteers to perform inventory, shelve incoming product, and prep for Tuesday’s food shelf families. Must be able to lift up to 40 pounds
Rescue support volunteer (RSVs): Volunteers work shifts on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Tuesday or Thursday mornings or 2nd and 4th Tuesday or Thursday mornings, approximately 2.5 – 3 hours.
- Prior to the delivery at our food shelf, RSVs go through our current inventory and stock shelves with fresh items. RSVs assist with the rescue food deliveries as it arrives by recording the weight, sorting, and shelving the product. Shift is finished after these tasks are completed.
Food shelf volunteer (FSV) responsibilities: Volunteers need to commit to a minimum of two regular shifts each month. We work around vacations, etc. Shifts are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 am – 1:30 pm or 1:00 – 4:30 pm.
- Volunteers pre-pack the food for families doing curbside pickup or assist a family member wanting to shop in the food shelf, weigh outgoing food, deliver the food to the curb, ensure shelves are well-stocked, clean and organize the food shelf. Must be able to lift up to 20 pounds (a grocery bag). Substitute volunteer: Willing to fill-in once or twice every 4 – 6 weeks on Tuesdays, Thursdays or Saturdays.
Interested? Contact the Food Shelf.
MN FoodShare March Campaign
Shepherd of the Valley partners with 360 Communities to operate Apple Valley’s only food shelf, located at 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road in Apple Valley, near the Minnesota Zoo. Contact the Food Shelf at 952.985.7388 (phones are answered during food shelf hours only). We typically assist 60 families weekly.
Questions about the Food Shelf? Contact the Food Shelf at 952.985.7388 (phones are answered during food shelf hours only) or contact Shepherd of the Valley at 952.432.6351.
To schedule an appointment, contact 360 Communities Burnsville office by calling 952.985.5300 Monday – Thursday 9:00 am – 3:30 pm.
Use your own bag, or for your convenience pick up a large orange “Food on the Fourth” shopping bag at the church, fill it with nonperishable food, and then return it to the SOTV collection bin located near the Welcome Desk at the main entrance. Inside the front pocket you will find a card requesting the most needed items. Use this as a suggestion, but feel free to provide your favorites. Thank you for supporting your neighbors and generously participating in the ways God provides for us all.
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