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Description

Join our team at Tonari Gumi – Japanese Community Volunteers Association and help us bring delicious and nutritious meals to our community! We are seeking kitchen assistant volunteers to support our kitchen operations on Tuesdays. Volunteers in this role will work alongside our skilled chef to prepare ingredients, cook, and fill bento boxes with prepared dishes.

We are looking for volunteers who can:

Follow FoodSafe and sanitary food handling guidelines

Perform various tasks related to food preparation, serving, and cleaning, such as chopping vegetables, washing dishes, and filling bento boxes with prepared dishes.

Help maintain a safe, accessible, inclusive, and welcoming environment and contribute to the well-being of our community.

Engage with a dedicated team of staff and volunteers and gain valuable experience in a professional kitchen setting.

Volunteers in this role will attend an interview and orientation session.

If you’re interested in this or any other volunteer role at Tonari Gumi, please reach out to the Volunteer Coordinator to submit a volunteer registration form and schedule an interview and orientation session.

Tonari Gumi offers various volunteer opportunities, including:

Kitchen Assistants
Senior Program Assistants
Meal Delivery Volunteers
Clean-up Crew
Special Event Volunteers

For more information or to complete a volunteer form, please visit our website or contact our Volunteer Coordinator at programs@tonarigumi.ca.

Volunteer Drivers Are Needed to pick up and deliver hot meals to senior clients living in their own home and/or facility, for reasons of age and mobility issues are unable to prepare meals for themselves.  Tonari Gumi - Japanese Community Volunteers Association prepares Bento-style Japanese lunch and deliver on Tuesdays, 50 times a year.  This service not only deliver meals to valuable seniors, also provides social connections and assistance if needed.

We are looking for volunteers to help deliver meals in Vancouver, West/North Vancouver, Richmond, Burnaby, New Westminster and Coquitlam area.

Description

Pick up meals from our office in Vancouver at 10:30 am to deliver Vancouver, North/West Vancouver, and Richmond.  Meet up at the parking lot in Burnaby at 11 am to deliver Burnaby, New Westminster and Coquitlam.

We provide delivery cooler with instructions, i.e. clients' information and notes as needed.  

Communicate with Tonari Gumi staff regarding client concerns, undeliverable meals, etc.  Initial training and mileage reimbursement will be provided.  

Skills, Experience, Qualifications

Access to own vehicle

Current driver's license

Good knowledge of how to navigate delivery route

Time Commitment

Tuesdays, except two Tuesdays during Christmas and New Year, between 10:30 am to 12:30 pm.

Seeking both regular and on call volunteers, with minimum 3 months commitment.

All volunteers are required to complete a volunteer application process with Tonari Gumi, includes a volunteer application form, informal interview, in-person/online orientation.