Currently we need a driver and driver assistant to take over every other Thursday afternoon's route, delivering boxes of food starting on Thursday, November 16th, from 1pm to 3pm.
Generally, we are looking for volunteers to help with produce pick-up from several of our existing routes. The ideal volunteer commitment is every other week on a set schedule for one of our pickup routes. Our collection routes include Farmers Markets, Neighborhood Donation Stations, Partner Organizations providing both fresh and recovered produce. Using the preferred method of transport, the produce is collected and then delivered to the Kitsap Harvests aggregation/distribution hub.
- Donation Stations - We have Neighborhood Donation Stations through Kitsap. We've organized these into two routes, one route from Kingston to Bremerton, and the other route from Port Orchard to Bremerton, both routes ending at the Kitsap Harvest Aggregation and Distribution Hub in Bremerton. Both of these routes are collected from either Sunday evening or Monday morning, weekly. Drivers will be using their own vehicle and coordinating with Neighborhood Captains to confirm produce pickup. (Seasonal)
- Farmers Market Drivers - Collecting from either the Port Orchard Farmers Market on Saturday (1:45pm -2:15) or Bremerton Community Farmers market on Thursday (6:45pm -7:15)The food is collected from the Market vendors, documented, and then transported, using your own vehicle to our Bremerton Aggregation and Distribution Hub. (Seasonal)
- Partner Org produce pickup and recovery- This regular route done on Tuesday and Thursday (with a priority in filling Thursday shift first) is picking up produce from 3 locations, using the Isuzu NPR 16 ft box truck (no special license needed) Drivers would pick-up food and bring it back to the warehouse for weighing and sorting by volunteers.
- Truck Lead- We need a point person who can look after the care of our truck. It is important keeping-up on truck maintenance log and communicating any issues ASAP. We have several volunteer drivers who use this truck, but since they are envolved in other operations of Kitsap Harvest, we can not ask them to take on one more responsibility... it would be nice to have someone as the dedicated point person to check the basics for operation on a weekly/monthly basis... maybe give the truck a wash and or check the mileage and report if the truck needs maintnance.
If you have any questions let us know at info@kitsapharvest.org.
