Amherst Meals on Wheels, Inc. has the following Volunteer opportunities:
Daychair: These volunteers are responsible for putting participant labels on meal bags and lids and organizing the bags and lids in the delivery order. They also load coolers with the cold meals and give hot meal bags to the appropriate route drivers and deliverers.
Hours: 8:15 – 11:15
Packers: Volunteers are responsible for making sandwiches, scooping salads, fruits, puddings, packaging bread or rolls depending on daily menu items. After all items are prepared and chilled they are packed into the cold meal bags. Volunteers also provide assistance with the packaging of the hot meals.
Hours: 8:15 – 11:15
Drivers and Deliverers: These volunteers work in teams of two to deliver the cold and hot meals to the participants. They work from a route list to deliver meals to people living in a region of the Town of Amherst. Participant contact information and a route map are provided.
Hours: 10:30 – 1:00
Schedulers: Volunteers assist Volunteer Coordinator with finding substitute drivers and deliverers when the regularly scheduled volunteers are not available. Calls are made from home when it is convenient for the Scheduler and the replacements are communicated to the Volunteer Coordinator to put on the “official” schedule. A list of substitute’s names and phone numbers is provided.
Hours: Set your own
