Events Volunteer in Metro West / Greater Worcester Area: Help Keep People and Pets Together

Events Volunteers NeededMetroWest and Greater Worcester Area Are you excited about helping pets in need? Do you value the importance of pets for people’s well-being? You can help us in our mission to ensure pet food security for those in need while making valuable connections with people in the nonprofit animal sheltering and food pantry fields, while helping your community!We'd love for you to join us at PAWSitive Pantry!We are accepting applications for Event Volunteers. Opportunities for these volunteers would include:- Helping to set up, working at, and breaking down pet food drives which have been arranged by a coordinator, at events and outside of stores, and occasionally transporting collected pet food to the local PAWSitive Pantry partner organization-Helping to set up, working at, and breaking down an info table with a sign-up sheet, FAQs, and giveaways; sometimes distributing pet accessories for donations, to raise awareness and funds for PAWSitive Pantry-If interested, taking the initiative to identify events in your community where these types of activities could be held, and discussing these possibilities with your local coordinator (optional).-Help raise awareness about events via social mediaVolunteers should:-have reliable transportation,-be over 18 unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian,-be flexible and dependable, be self-motivated and able to work independently as well as with another person or small groups-be enthusiastic about community food security and the important role pets play in people’s lives.Volunteers should be outgoing and friendly toward the public and willing to learn the basics about the mission of PAWSitive Pantry.Benefits to volunteers include:-the opportunity to represent a community service organization,-the chance to be