Greater Cleveland Food Bank Morning of Service

The Greater Cleveland Food Bank is recruiting volunteers to assist at our Community Resource Center`s Healthy Choice Food Market!

The GCFB Community Resource Center`s Healthy Choice Food Market is a neighbor choice food market which allows neighbors to select their own food instead of receiving a pre-packed or standard bag of groceries. With this method, neighbors do not have to take items they already have, do not like, or cannot eat for health or personal reasons.

Having the opportunity to choose their own food gives the people being served a sense of dignity and control, limits waste, and allows them to tailor the help they receive to be the best possible fit for their own unique situation. We encourage nudges or environmental cues to help neighbors select the healthiest food options available.

Each day, volunteers help us serve hundreds of our neighbors at the market. Because of this, volunteers interested at helping at the market should be comfortable working with people from diverse backgrounds. 

Volunteer Duties Include:

Assisting neighbors with shopping and item selection in the market.
Assisting neighbors with loading their vehicles with food, as needed. 
Accepting retail product donations, weighing product, and recording the donation.
Organizing and consolidating product onto pallets and into bins to make product look presentable for neighbors.
Consolidating spoiled or damaged items for removal from the market.
Removing excess cardboard, bins, and boxes.
Sweeping and mopping as needed.
Assisting neighbors as needed.
Volunteers must be 14 or older in order to participate. 

Volunteers are required to wear closed-toe/heel footwear for all of our projects (NO CROCS, SANDALS, FLIP-FLOPS, ETC).

Additional Information:

Volunteer Arrival Instructions

Please note that it is important that all volunteers arrive on time in order to allow us to serve our neighbors as efficiently as possible. Please let us know if you know that you or your group will not be able to arrive on time.
Location: GCFB Community Resource Center (15500 S. Waterloo Road, Cleveland, OH 44110)
Please note the address above, as we operate out of two different locations.
Parking: You can plan to park anywhere in the front lot!
Volunteer Dress Code and PPE Requirements

Volunteers are required to wear closed-toe/closed-heel footwear (no crocs, sandals, flip-flops, etc.) We recommend wearing comfortable footwear since volunteers can plan to be on their feet for much of the shift.
Volunteers will not be permitted to use headphones, earbuds, AirPods, etc. while working in the pantry.

USDA Civil Rights Training

Please review the attached USDA Civil Rights Training prior to the volunteer shift. All GCFB volunteers working with the public are required to review the training prior to arrival.
The training document can be accessed via the "posted documents" link on the main menu of your CERVIS Volunteer Profile.
Please let our team know if you are unable to participate, and we can remove you from the shift on our end to make the space available for others to sign up! If you are displaying any signs of illness, please plan to refrain from volunteering until you are feeling better.

Let us know if you have any questions at all!

Meeting Location:
GCFB Community Resource Center
15500 South Waterloo Road Cleveland, OH 44110

View Map / Get Directions

Please follow these instructions to register online for this event:
1. Visit the Greater Cleveland Food Bank event registration page: https://cerv.is/0136gfCLfBG
2. Click on the "Register" button at the bottom of the page.
3. Follow the on screen instructions to access the CERVIS registration system. If this is your first time using the CERVIS online registration system, you will be prompted to create a Volunteer Profile.
4. Once you have successfully logged into the system (or created a profile, if needed) you will automatically be registered for this event and receive a confirmation E-mail.
5. If you would like to register additional individuals for this event, please select their name from the list and enter the code below into the "Private Registration Code" field. Next, click the "Register for selected event" button to complete the additional registration.

Private Registration Code: fCLfBG