Volunteer: Grocery Delivery for Villages of San Mateo County
Villages of San Mateo’s mission is to help each other age in place. They provide access to support services that help people engage in community activities and continue to live independently.
This is a great opportunity. to serve our elder “statesmen and women” right here in our neighborhood, as they serve San Carlos, Belmont, Redwood City (inc. Redwood Shores), San Mateo, Burlingame, and Hillsborough. The average age of their clientele is 82, so it’s a chance to help the most experienced. among us and maybe get first-hand insight into life in the 40s and 50s!
Grocery Shopping/Delivery Volunteers Needed - Apply Now!
Villages of San Mateo - Helping People age in place
Please volunteer to bring meals to the elderly and disabled.
Shop. & Deliver Groceries for Elderly & Disabled
Description
Contribute - even if you’re: In a high risk group: Becoming a caller is a way to help from the safety of your home. Perhaps, you can strike up a nice friendship, obtain words of wisdom, or hear stories from the 30s, 40s, 50s. At a minimum, you’re giving them the comfort of knowing their grocery and other deliveries will. arrive.
Flexible: Shop on whatever day works best for you, as you choose your “assignments”. Change the day each week or keep it constant. Fit this into your current schedule, as requests typically made a week in advance.
Tailored Commitment: While a weekly shop would be fantastic, even if you can shop just a few times a month, we’d welcome your help.
Efficient Satisfaction: Do & feel good by adding a modest amount. of time to your own shopping trips. Consider picking up groceries for multiple people in one trip.
Explore: Discover a new product you may love by seeing what someone else likes. Find a new neighborhood park or walking area post-sheltering as you drop off groceries.
Volunteer Roles
1) Call to check in on on. seniors. & get their shopping list over the phone when needed (to pass on to a shopper)
2) Grocery shop and deliver food - Social distancing respected! (drop at doorstep)
Willing to Volunteer?
Complete this form and we’ll be in touch. Our hope is to get 8-10 volunteers. Your info will then be shared with Villages of San Mateo who will organize a special virtual training for this group.
Timing & Requirements
We hope you’ll fulfill at least 2 requests per month. You could probably complete both in a single shopping trip (along with your own shopping)! If you can help weekly, you’d be a rockstar! Now that a separate per will get the shopping list for. you, shopping & 🚚 (to San Carlos &. neighboring towns), the added time is modest compared to your impact.
Requires willingness to use your own car & gas and submit to background check
For callers: Patience and understanding! Most do not have email, and, like many of us, they may have strong options, get frustrated easily, or be particularly worried at present.
See more details about applying below and check their website.
Ready to Volunteer? Or Interested Enough to Want to Learn More? Please let us know. You could. be smiling soon too!
Happy Grocery Shopper