General Function

To provide essential nourishment to the local home-bound elderly population in the Lewes & Rehoboth areas. To sustain and assist our program with meeting its' mission, "To feed the home-bound and to reduce the alternative of institutionalization."

Essential Volunteer Duties

• Pick up meals at designated time from caterer.
• Count route sheets and verify totals.
• Deliver (2) two meals to each recipient on your route, unless route sheet directions say otherwise.
• Deliver milk, orange juice, meal supplements and any extra items when assigned.
• See each client during meal delivery.
• Use drivers from within your company that are registered volunteers with our agency, when assigned volunteer is unable to drive.
• Attend drivers' meetings/functions.
• Communicate with office staff, pertinent information regarding a clients' meal delivery, health and/or living environment.
• Keep all client information in strict confidence.
• All partners, buddies or ride-a-longs must be registered with agency before participating in actual meal deliveries.
• Volunteers should not interact socially with recipients outside of their normal meal deliveries.
• Volunteer a minimum of 12 hours during the course of a year.
• Sign in at caterer; this includes your registered riders, partners and buddies. (Effective, January 2005)
• Other duties as directed by staff

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