VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:

Parking at UUMC/ the Food Center @ 324
Please utilize our Northern parking lot that is surrounded by chain link fences and accessed by Ashworth Pl. & E. Fayette St. when you arrive to volunteer. Thank you!
COVID safety at UUMC

In is your choice about masking within UUMC. ALL Volunteers are asked to be fully vaccinated prior to beginning their volunteer work. Personal health/hygiene guidance provided by the USDA are followed by and for all staff and volunteers.  Please check with Galyn, outreach@uumcsyracuse.org for most current information.

Additional/on-going opportunities: #1- knit or crochet winter hats for our breakfast guests, #2- fill quart sized ziploc bags with dry dog food/cat food kibble (supplies provided) , #3- great for families: The Food Center @ 324 assists in filling a Free Food Pantry Cabinet at the corner of Hawley Ave and Lodi St. This cabinet sits outside Syracuse Cultural Workers. It is in constant need of diverse foods that neighborhood folk can select and gather for their personal consumption. Please feel free to help us add to this pantry ongoingly with much needed foods. 
Restart is a city Methodist ministry that collects, moves and supplies basic furnishings to homes and apartments for folk who are re-starting their lives. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!! Ongoing opportunities. Please contact Jackie Sadowski jlsadowski@aol.com for more information
Additionally, maybe you have a clever idea, gift or donation for our community. I am open to hearing any ideas or thoughts on creative ways to connect with UUMC’s Food Center @ 324 University Ave. guests and the people of Syracuse. Please reach out to me Galyn at outreach@uumcsyracuse.org
 
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Free Food cabinet Hawley & Lodi Street

October 2022 VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:

Sunday, October 9, 2022, 8-9am This breakfast distribution will be supported by SUNY Upstate’s Elizabeth Blackwell Leadership group
NEW-Sunday, October 9, 2022, 10-10:45am, UUMC Greeter. Welcome the congregation, guests and visitors to worship. Distribute bulletin at entry points. Contact Pastor Alicia for more information  pastor@uumcsyracuse.org
Tuesday, October 11, 2022, approx. 9an (ish)-completion, unload Food Bank Truck. Approximately 2hr volunteer opportunity. Work with staff and volunteers in loading hand trucks with cases of food from pallets delivered outside. Move foods into basement store rooms via elevator and hand trucks. Efforts include: lifting 25+lb cases of food, pushing 100+ lbs on a hand truck & remaining on one’s feet for the duration of this event.
Thursday, October 13, 2022, 9-completion, Pack Emergency Food boxes with shelf stable foods. Approx. 3hr. volunteer opportunity. Move cases of food from basement storage rooms into basement food packing room. Assembly line style unpack food case into single household distribution boxes. Work entails; lifting 25+lb. cases of foods, pushing 100+lb on hand trucks/carts & remaining on one’s feet for the entire activity.
Friday, October 14, 2022, 9-12:30pm Emergency Food Distribution 3.5hr. volunteer opportunity. Inside & Outside effort. Work entails; Complete Emergency Food Box packing, Unloading Food Bank truck, moving boxes into guest’s personal vehicles, working with the general public and many volunteers as a team. Additionally, repeated lifting of 25+lb., remaining on one’s feet for the duration of the event, and effective communication with many folk are points of effort for this event.
Sunday, October 16, 2022,  8-10:30am Free to-go Community Breakfast & Coffee distribution, Outside distribution/Inside packing.  More detailed information will be shared with registrants about this event, please know that you will be working within a group of volunteers and leaders to create 170+ free to-go brown bags breakfasts for our community members. Bags are generously filled with diverse nutrient dense foods, hot coffee, bottled water, juice and occasional supplemental foods.
Distribution happens outside our building at the corner of East Genesee and University Ave. and at our mobile, off site breakfast at the Pomeroy Addiction Treatment Center, Erie Blvd. Volunteers are needed to pack breakfast bags and transition to the outside distribution sites.
Please see the attached Youtube video for more information.  https://youtu.be/PDE8fmv2QYs
Please register/cancel as a volunteer for this event below. 
CLICK ON THIS ORANGE LINK TO REGISTER AS A BREAKFAST VOLUNTEER:
We plan to run the Sunday Breakfast ongoingly (indoor/outdoor) without interruption. However, it is important for you to register for this event. In occasional situations we could close. If this happens I will connect with you through this link. Obviously, if you don’t pre-register, I can’t contact you.
NEW-Sunday, October 16, 2022, 10-10:45am, UUMC Greeter. Welcome the congregation, guests and visitors to worship. Distribute bulletin at entry points. Contact Pastor Alicia for more information  pastor@uumcsyracuse.org
Thursday, October 20, 2022, 9-completion,  Pack Emergency Food boxes with shelf stable foods approx. 3hr. volunteer opportunity. Move cases of food from basement storage rooms into basement food packing room. Assembly line style unpack food cases into single household distribution boxes. Work entails; lifting 25+lb. cases of foods, pushing 100+lb on hand trucks/carts & remaining on one’s feet for the entire activity.
Friday, October 21, 2022, 9-12:30pm Emergency Food Distribution 3.5hr. volunteer opportunity. Inside & Outside effort. Work entails; Completing Emergency Food Box packing, Unloading Food Bank truck, moving boxes into guest’s personal vehicles, working with the general public and many volunteers as a team. Additionally, repeated lifting of 25+lb., remaining on one’s feet for the duration of the event, and effective communication with many folk are points of effort for this event.
Sunday, October 23, 2022,  8-10:30am Free to-go Community Breakfast & Coffee distribution, outside & mobile distribution. Please register/cancel as a volunteer for this event below. CLICK ON ORANGE LINK TO REGISTER AS A BREAKFAST VOLUNTEER:
NEW-Sunday, October 23, 2022, 2022, 10-10:45am UUMC Greeter. Welcome the congregation, guests and visitors to worship. Distribute bulletin at entry points. Contact Pastor Alicia for more information  pastor@uumcsyracuse.org
Tuesday, October 25, 2022,  approx. 9an (ish)-completion, unload Food Bank Truck. Approximately 2hr volunteer opportunity. Work with staff and volunteers in loading hand trucks with cases of food from pallets delivered outside. Move foods into basement store rooms via elevator and hand trucks. Efforts include: lifting 25+lb cases of food, pushing 100+ lbs on a hand truck & remaining on one’s feet for the duration of this event.
NEW- Tuesday, October 25, 2022, evening, Assist with Game Day Parking. Approx. 3.5hr. Volunteer opportunity. Assist our staff in directing parking and collecting payments in UUMC parking lots for Dome game attendees. Outside effort. Some moving of cones and signage. Please contact Beth DuBois at pastoralaccomplice@uumcsyracuse.org for more information and exact times
Thursday, October 27, 2022  9-about 12 noon, Pack Emergency Food boxes with shelf stable foods. Approx. 3hr. volunteer opportunity Pack Emergency Food boxes with shelf stable foods. Move cases of food from basement storage rooms into basement food packing room. Assembly line style unpack food case into single household distribution box. Work entails; lifting 25+lb. cases of foods, pushing 100+lb on hand trucks/carts & remaining on one’s feet for the entire activity.
Friday, October 28, 2022 Emergency Food Distribution 3.5hr. volunteer opportunity. Inside & Outside effort. Work entails; Completing Emergency Food Box packing, Unloading Food Bank truck, moving boxes into guest’s personal vehicles, working with the general public and many volunteers as a team. Additionally, repeated lifting of 25+lb., remaining on one’s feet for the duration of the event, and effective communication with many folk are points of effort for this event.
NEW- Saturday, October 29, 2022, morning, Assist with Game Day Parking. Approx. 3.5hr. Volunteer opportunity. Assist our staff in directing parking and collecting payments in UUMC parking lots for Dome game attendees. Outside effort. Some moving of cones and signage. Please contact Beth DuBois at pastoralaccomplice@uumcsyracuse.org for more information and exact times
Sunday, October 30, 2022,  8-10:30am Free to-go Community Breakfast & Coffee distribution, outside & mobile distribution. Please register/cancel as a volunteer for this event below. CLICK ON ORANGE LINK TO REGISTER AS A BREAKFAST VOLUNTEER:
NEW-Sunday, October 30, 2022, 10-10:45am, UUMC Greeter. Welcome the congregation, guests and visitors to worship. Distribute bulletin at entry points. Contact Pastor Alicia for more information  pastor@uumcsyracuse.org