Needs From: United Way of Lancaster County

Driver -  A driver will come to the Power Packs warehouse and take already packed Power Packs to a distribution point. We ask that you wear masks at all times while dropping off items.  The number of packs will be approximately 20-50 or more therefore SUV or large vehicles are preferred.  Drivers are needed for the following school sites:

Wednesdays 11:15 am; Fulton Elementary School 225 West Orange Street Lancaster PA 17603 (will switch to Thursdays when students return to in person school attendance)

Wednesdays 1:30 pm; Carter & Mac Rae Elementary School 251 South Prince Street Lancaster PA 17603 (will switch to Thursdays when students return to in person school attendance)

Wednesdays 1: 45 pm; King Elementary School 466 Rockland Street Lancaster PA 17602 (will switch to Thursdays when students return to in person school attendance)

Thursdays 12: 45 pm; Warwick School District; Beck, Bonfield and Kissel Hill Schools

All Power Packs Project volunteers are required to submit an application and background clearances prior to starting your volunteer assignment.

For further information, please contact Annette Rosa-Pabon, Lancaster Region Director; Annette@powerpacksproject.org or 717.615.3784.  

 

 

The Donegal Affiliate of the Lancaster Power Packs Project is seeking a volunteer to help with some duties around the office. The ideal candidate would be familiar with:

Marketing/Publicizing on social media (ie: Facebook/Website)   Tracking Volunteers Hours / necessary paperwork   Familiar with GoogleDrive to update food inventory and costs   Creating recipes (from items in our inventory) / tip sheets for our weekly packs to families   If you are interested in learning more about these tasks, please contact Elaine at  (717)653-4168 (ofc)  or (717)669-3897 (cell) or elayne.olson@gmail.com. 

Power Packs Project is a non-profit 501(c)(3) that aims to improve the mental and physical health of children by helping their parents provide nutritious meals over weekends when school breakfast and lunch programs are unavailable to them.

We are in 45 schools in 13 school districts in Lancaster and 3 school districts in Lebanon. We have over 500 volunteers and serve over 1600 families. The many volunteers at the warehouse and distribution points give their time each week to ensure that the participating parents have the groceries and the tools to provide complete meals to their families over the weekends. It’s nothing short of inspirational! And the feedback from families that they are now sitting down to have complete and nutritious meals over the weekends is gratifying to the project volunteers.

We are currently recruiting for the following positions...

Power Packs Warehouse Car loader Volunteer: Availability: Thursdays 11AM-3PM Requirements: Candidate must be able to lift heavy boxes (10 – 25 lbs.) and load onto delivery vehicles. Task description: Load Power Packs meal boxes into volunteer school site pickup driver’s vehicles. Warehouse Inventory: Availability: Thursdays 2PM- 4PM and/or Fridays 11AM-1PM or 1PM-3PM Requirements: Attention to detail, good computer skills, working knowledge of Microsoft and Google, and dependable. Task description: Volunteer will assist Warehouse Coordinator with monitoring inventory levels. Take physical inventory food items, record food donations, helps to move and stock food items. Warehouse Driver: Availability: One day a month (depending on when item is ready for pick up) Requirements: Valid PA Driver License, Large Capacity Vehicle, ability to lift heavy boxes (10 – 25 lbs.) Task description: Each month (4th Friday or Monday following) volunteer will pick up Fresh Express items from Columbia location and deliver to Power Packs Project warehouse.

* Child Abuse, Criminal, FBI clearances required for all positions.

Interested individuals may contact Lancaster Region Director, Annette Rosa-Pabon at 717-615-3784 or annette@powerpacksproject.org. 

Power Packs Project is in need of volunteers to serve as Distribution Site Liaisons and assist school sites with weekly Power Packs distributions.

We’re looking to incorporate more Power Packs volunteers in the schools to assist with weekly distributions.  Distribution site teams, comprised by 3-4 volunteers will manage all things with distribution.  Volunteer Drivers ( 1-2 drivers) will do warehouse pick up and drop off to schools, and Distribution Liaisons (1-2 volunteers) with the assistance of school liaison will manage all distribution at the site, giving packs to participants, recording pick up, obtaining TEFAP forms and returning all forms and leftover items to warehouse at end of distribution.  Interested individuals will need to be available at the school WEDNESDAYS 2:30PM-4:00 PM.

We understand school staff are stretched and it’s become too difficult to manage weekly distributions. This new set up is to address the staffing issues that have occurred last school year that resulted challenges of families unable to pick up at the school.  School Liaisons can work with the Distribution Liaisons to ensure weekly distributions are successful.  The addition of Distribution Site Teams will impact school site delivery schedules since they will only need to arrive up to 1 hour prior to site distribution time. School Liaisons will work closely with Distribution Site Team to ensure distribution space is available and assist with participant engagement.

* Child Abuse, Criminal, FBI clearances required for all positions.

Please contact Lancaster Region Director Annette Rosa Pabon at (717)517-9220 or annette@powerpacksproject.org for further details.

Front Office Administrative Volunteer needed to assist with various office duties, including greeting visitors, answering phone calls, e-mail correspondence, data entry, and helping with food pantry pick-up. Monday through Friday, 9am-4pm. Minimum of 2 hours, 2 days a week preferred.

Please contact Lancaster Region Director Annette Rosa Pabon at (717)517-9220 or annette@powerpacksproject.org for further details.