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Volunteering at Bessie's Express
Help us deliver homecooked meals to hungry homeless students and their families.
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Drivers and runner teams
You’ll drive or ride a route and deliver food bags directly to the doors of our families. Routes are 4-5 stops in our neighborhood. You can be a driver (in your vehicle) or runner. Spanish fluency is a plus. Time involvement: about 1.5 hours a week. Schedule: starts at 5 pm. Current delivery days are Monday and Friday2 hours.
Base Operations Assistant
Assistants help pack food bags, meal containers, and coordinate operations on delivery nights (Monday and/or Friday). Schedule: starts 4:00 pm. Time involvement: 2 hours. You can work one night a week or two. No driving is required in this position.
Administrator
Social Media Assistant Director
You’ll use your proficiency in social media venues like Facebook, YouTube and Instagram to help us tell the Bessie’s Express story. This is a work-from-home assignment. You will share your great ideas and creativity in a team meeting once a month.
