Volunteers
 are the Heart of 
Seven Loaves 
Food Pantry and 
CommUnity Center

Last year, hundreds of volunteers donated over 2,500 hours at Seven Loaves Food Pantry.  Adults, youth, churches, civic groups, and corporations donated money, food, & life skills expertise to help Seven Loaves Food Pantry to meet the needs of our county's less fortunate. THANK YOU! 

THANK YOU to some of the amazing volunteer groups at Seven Loaves! 

  • Prince of Peace Christiian School
  • National Charity League
  • Young Men Service League
  • Jr. League of Plano
  • National Honor Society- Plano Schools
  • Plano West Bake Club
  • PISD school service clubs
  • Plano West Quarterback Club & Football team
  • Boy Scouts
  • Girls Scouts
  • Mary Kay Cosmetics
  • Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano
  • YMCA
  • Pepsico Frito Lay
  • Fujitsu
  • St. Andrew UMC members and groups

HOW TO VOLUNTEER

(Links to sign-up pages are below, but 

PLEASE follow these instructions first)

 

1)  Complete Requirements (Criminal Background Check and Civil     Rights Training) and receive confirmation of your eligibility


2)  Select a Volunteer Opportunity or Position you would like to fill - see descriptions and training required for each opportunity / position below

 

3)  Send email listing day, time and opportunity/position you would like to fill to  volunteers@7loavescommunity.org

 

4)   Wait for confirmation before coming to pantry 

VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENTS 

*   ALL volunteers, 18 and older,  must complete the Criminal     Background Check and Civil Rights Training Form

*   Volunteers must be 14 or older

*   Volunteers under the age of 16 must be accompanied 

by a parent

*   All volunteers must be scheduled through our volunteer     coordinators.  Please DO NOT show up with out being scheduled


CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK

1)     1)  Click here to open PDF form:    Criminal Background Check

2)     2)  Print, complete, and sign the form

3)     3)  Mail/bring the form to Shirley Larson, SAUMC, 5801 W. Plano   Parkway, Plano, TX. 75093

4)     4)  OR scan signed form and email it to Shirley Larson at:    slarson@standrewumc.org

 

 

CIVIL RIGHTS TRAINING FORM

To comply with requirements of the North Texas Food Bank, all volunteers must complete a short PowerPoint course for Civil Rights training.  Once the course is completed, volunteers must sign the Civil Rights Training Roster at the volunteer sign in table. Volunteers who have already completed the course in 2011 or 2012 need to sign the roster.

Click here to open:    Civil Rights Training Course
A Volunteer Coordinator will contact volunteers for scheduling once these requirements are complete.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES & POSITIONS
We have several volunteer opportunities and positions.  Some require lifting, but many do not.  Click on each opportunity to see it's description and if training is required.  

Pantry Day - positions are limited & require some training (background checks are required)


Pantry Support - many opportunities & "on the job" training 

  • Food Drive facilitators
  • Fresh & Frozen food procurement
    Food Delivery & Intake team
  • Sorting food and stocking shelves
  • Packing / bagging food for client distribution
  • Client records and reporting

 

Joseph's Coat - Joseph's Coat is open Thursdays 4-6 and volunteers are needed beginning at 3 until 6:30 for clean up.  Special work day opportunities are available for groups upon request.

  • Shift Manager
  • Client intake Specialists
  • Client shopper assistance
  • Sorting, sizing & stocking
  • Seasonal Special Projects

 

 

 

 

     To volunteer on THURSDAY afternoons, 

SIGN UP HERE

 

       To volunteer on SATURDAY mornings, 

SIGN UP HERE 

 

 

Help is ALWAYS needed, so if you are not available during our regular sign-up times, please contact us so we can inform you of other opportunities.   If you are with a group, please contact us so we can make special arrangements.

 

FOR MORE INFO:   volunteers@7loavescommunity.org