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NutriPacks is made up of volunteers that are passionate and hard-working. We invite you to join us! We welcome new volunteers including individuals, businesses, school groups/teams, organizations and more.
Many of our volunteer positions require physical activity:
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Unloading trucks: handling cases of food including heavy canned goods and large/awkward sized boxes of cereal, refrigerated and frozen items, crates of milk
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Loading shelves: opening / cutting cardboard cases, loading food onto shelves, breaking cardboard down for recycling, loading recycling and trash dumpster from carts in all weather
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Packing backpacks:
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Walking while loading bags from shelves.
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Loading packed bags, up to 12 lbs, onto distribution shelves.
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Delivering backpacks to schools: loading and unloading 12 lbs packs in car or van.
There are some activities that are less physically taxing:
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Distribution of bags at schools.
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Check in desk on distribution day at CD Middle School.
Volunteers are required to obtain criminal and child abuse clearances prior to participating in activities.
ACTIVITIES
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We are always looking for people to organize food drives or bring other volunteer ideas forward. To get involved in other ways, please contact us!
VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH
Lori Zehr
"I have been serving as Middle Paxton's Nutripack coordinator for several years. Middle Paxton is slightly different from other schools in our district as we partner with Clarks Valley Zion ECC Church and distribute packs there every Wednesday evening from 5:30-7 p.m. This partnership helps me immensely because of the many volunteers that help each week with pickup and handing out the packs to our families. Our families are so grateful to have a local pickup spot in our community. This is also my 10th year working at Middle Paxton as a Learning Support Paraprofessional assisting students in 1st-4th grades with various learning disabilities. My passion also continues to grow for the Girls On The Run program that I have coached since starting at MP. The Nutripacks program has been an amazing resource for our school that we can offer to families. I love being a part of a program that brings hope and offers assistance to those in need."
