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Central Intake
God’s Pantry Food Bank is unique in that it is a food bank which also operates direct service to clients through five emergency food pantries in Fayette County. This program, the original mission of our founder Mim Hunt, today serves an average of 1,600 client households per month. Our pantries are staffed completely by volunteers and the food bank manages all of the referrals from social workers for this program through our Central Intake office, which relies heavily on support from volunteers as well.
Central Intake volunteers take phone referrals from social service agencies and set clients up for an appointment to pick up food at one of five area pantries. These volunteers input client’s name and social security number in our computer system and access a client’s eligibility to receive food. Minimal typing skills, computer knowledge and data entry experience is required. This position does however requires a firm commitment to a set time period. There are two shifts per day, Monday – Friday. The shifts are 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. and 1-3 p.m.
Current open positions:
- Monday morning: 1 position available
- Monday afternoon: 1 position available
- Tuesday morning: 1 position available
- Tuesday afternoon: 1 position available
- Wednesday morning: 1 position available
- Thursday morning: 1 position available
- Thursday afternoon: 1 position available
- Friday morning: 1 position available
- Friday afternoon: 1 position available
If you are interested in possibly joining our team as taking phone referrals from clients for emergency food assistance, please join us for our monthly orientation and training session. You will have the opportunity to learn more about the volunteer work, learn what openings are available and sign up to start your service if you feel the position is a good fit. The trainings are held monthly on the third Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at our 1685 Jaggie Fox Way offices. To register, click here.
The contact for this volunteer position is Linda Lancaster and she can be reached at 859-288-5319. The best time to reach Linda by phone is between 3-5 p.m. daily.