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Effective May 4, 2020, EYFP has implemented a “client choice” service model in order to better meet taste preferences and reduce food waste while maintaining a safe and healthy environment for our volunteers and all those we serve. Volunteers during client service shifts perform the following tasks:

As clients arrive at the pantry’s drive-up distribution, volunteers take down clients’ food orders on a pre-printed form. Clients can partially roll down their driver’s side window to tell the volunteer their order, but must remain in their cars at all times.

Volunteers use a shopping cart to select and package clients’ requested food items inside the pantry, wheel carts outside to clients’ parked cars, and place all items into clients’ trunks. Volunteers are not permitted to enter any client vehicles.

You must be able to stand/walk for 1.5-3 hours depending on the shift.

Client Service Shifts:

Monday:    6:15-8:00pm

Thursday:  12:45-4:00pm; 6:15-8:00pm

Saturday:  9:15am-12:30pm

Please take a minute to complete our volunteer application vs. signing up on this site. This ensures you get a prompt response. You can find it at:

https://www.eyfp.org/volunteer-request-form

EYFP has a continuing flow of canned and packaged food items retrieved from local retailers and delivered from food drives that have to be processed, sorted, and stocked in preparation for client shopping days. This is an active volunteer role that requires standing and lifting. The time will go by quickly as you enjoy the camaraderie of volunteering and have the joy of helping those that are less fortunate.

Recovery/Restocking Shifts:

Mondays: 10:00am-12:30pm

Tuesdays: 10:00am-12:30pm

Wednesdays: 10:30am-12:00pm

Thursdays: 10:00am-12:30pm

Fridays:  9:30am-1:00pm

Saturdays: 12:30-1:30pm

 

Please take a minute to complete our volunteer application vs. signing up on this site. This ensures you get a prompt response. You can find it at:

https://www.eyfp.org/volunteer-request-form

EYFP uses charitable cash donations to purchase food from the Northern Illinois Food Bank twice each month. Deliveries are on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month. Pallet load quantities of food items are sorted and moved into storage or stocked on market shelves on these delivery days.

​Truck Deliveries:

2nd Tuesday: 10:30am-12:00pm

4th Tuesday: 8:00-9:30am

This is an active volunteer role that requires 2 hours of standing and lifting. The time will go by quickly as you enjoy the camaraderie of volunteering and have the joy of helping those that are less fortunate.

Please take a minute to complete our volunteer application vs. signing up on this site. This ensures you get a prompt response. You can find it at:

https://www.eyfp.org/volunteer-request-form

EYFP reclaims perishable foods that still have 4-5 days of viability from local retailers. Drivers use the EYFP van for pickups. You must be at least 25, have a valid IL drivers license, and be able to lift cases that weigh up to 50 pounds.

Driver Shifts:

Mondays: 9:45-11:45 am

Tuesdays: 8:45-10:00 am, 10:30-11:45 am

Wednesdays: 10:30-11:45 am

Thursdays: 9:45-11:45 am

Fridays: 8:45 -10:15am, 10:30-11:45 am

Saturdays: 7:45-9:00 am, 9:00-10-30am, 10:30-11:45 am

Sundays: 8:30-10:30 am

 

Please take a minute to complete our volunteer application vs. signing up on this site. This ensures you get a prompt response. You can find it at:

https://www.eyfp.org/volunteer-request-form