Needs From: United Way of Rock River Valley

Volunteer monitors a misc. food table (mostly produce) in our Choice area and helps select the appropriate items based on their family size and what we have available.  Our immediate need is for fill in volunteers at this position.

This role works with our Clients to get pet food.  Hours are 9 - 11am  Monday.  The volunteer must be able to handle larger packages of food and move them from shelves to front door in shopping carts.  Occasional help is needed to get food from cart into Client's vehicle. 

Occasional repackaging or bundling of pet foods, pet toys, etc.

Some light data entry work is required to keep records for Kibble Korner, a separate organization from Rock River Valley Pantry.  

Our most immediate need now is to have someone to fill in for our regularly scheduled volunteers on this morning and if volunteers are found, possibly expand to more morning hours.  Please let us know if you would be available.  See more on Kibble Korner web site: http://www.kibblekorner.com/contact-us.html Kibblekorner@gmail.com

Volunteers may work in any number of teams, or individually, to prepare packaged and frozen goods for distribution later from either our main pantry at 421 South Rockton Ave or our satellite pantry at 1100 Broadway. Our immediate need is for fill in volunteers at this position.

Volunteer guides clients thru what they are able to take from a misc array of produce, canned & bottled condiments and other articles that might include clothing, umbrellas, etc.

Our immediate need is for volunteers to fill in for regulars when sick or vacationing.

Volunteer would assist staff in the pickup of donated goods, mostly food.  This role needs someone who can easily communicate comfortably with stores and businesses that are donating goods.  Often working behind the scenes in these businesses' store rooms, lockers, etc. and need to be aware of and must respect their policies.  Most immediate need is ongoing need to fill in when volunteers can't make their shifts Monday thru Fridays.

Gardeners Needed at the Rock River Valley Pantry Vegetable Garden!  (please call or email first)

Our Garden Coordinators could use some help wrapping up from this year's growing season and getting ready for the next.

We are entering our 13th year at the pantry garden.  In 2012 a few Master Gardeners had an idea and created the 3000 plus square foot garden to serve the pantry clients. It is a demonstration garden so folks can see how things grow; a teaching garden where folks can learn how to grow their own veggies; and, of course, a giving garden as all produce is shared with clients.

The garden is organic. We catch rainwater from the roof to use, have big compost bins for discarded produce donated by supermarkets, use no pesticides, include milkweed plants for Monarchs and colorful zinnias for all of us!

Please consider helping out and, in turn, we love to share our gardening experience with others.   The clients visit the five day a week pantry from 1-4 so those are the hours we work.  The garden is watered Tuesday and Friday mornings.

Can you spare a few hours each month to help us out?  Nothing is more satisfying than to send visitors off with a bag full of fresh vegetables. Please contact Barbara Flores, Master Gardener, garden coordinator, at bafheartland@gmail.com or 815-289-8602 or contact Jim McFarlane,  RRVP Volunteer Coordinator at Jim.McFarlane@RRVP.org or 815-965-2466.

Come Help Us Garden!

Our Garden Coordinators could use some help wrapping up from this year's growing season and getting ready for the next.

Would you like to get your hands dirty while helping feed our neighbors?  Rock River Valley Pantry's (RRVP)'s garden at 1103 Broadway is looking for volunteers to help plant, tend, and harvest delicious vegetables to be shared with pantry clients at our Crusader site.

We work in the morning hours when the pantry is open to clients (and the summer sun is not so hot!)  In addition to taking our veggies into the pantry where they can be picked up during the food distribution, we often welcome clients into the garden where they enjoy seeing how their food grows.

We would love to have more volunteers join us.  No experience necessary!  If interested, please send an email to debokeson@gmail.com or jim.mcfarlane@rrvp.org. 

Helps clients unload food from grocery cart onto table outside building.

Our immediate need is for fill ins for week days.