Volunteer Information
Feel free to offer your buddies items from our Lending Library. We have plenty of books, puzzles, adult coloring books and pencils, and activity books available to include with meal/grocery orders. Only books and larger puzzles need to be returned, at any point in the future*.
DELIVERY BUDDIES
- Shop for and deliver Groceries
- Packaged Meals (Tuesdays or Thursdays)
- Deliver bagged groceries (Thursdays only)
- Prescription Pick-Up
- Phone Check-Ins
PHONE BUDDIES
- Phone check-ins and chats
UPDATES
- We are asking all delivery volunteers to no longer enter even the lobby of senior housing. Please discuss a plan with your buddy for outside pick-up.
- If you feel your buddy would benefit from an additional "phone buddy", please let us know.
- Feeding Chittenden food shelf in Burlington is offering boxed groceries for curbside pick-up. This is a great option to help save grocery costs. For more information visit: feedingchittenden.org.
- If you are asked, we can use SNAP cards for our buddies. Just ask them to give you their PIN and leave the card in an envelope outside their front door at a predetermined pick up time.
You'll want to check this calendar 24-48hrs before your buddy's scheduled delivery day. Scheduled days only apply to packaged meals or assorted pre-bagged groceries.
- If your buddy orders packaged meals, ask them to pick a delivery day, Tuesday OR Thursday 9 - 11am. Recipients can order more than one meal per order.
- If your buddy orders pre-bagged groceries, their delivery day (for meals and pre-bagged groceries) is Thursday 9 - 11am.
- Be sure your buddy calls in their order every week, for meals and/or bagged groceries. Adele should be called 48hrs in advance 863-3982 Ext 1.
Feel free to offer your buddies items from our Lending Library. We have plenty of books, puzzles, adult coloring books and pencils, and activity books available to include with meal/grocery orders. Only books and larger puzzles need to be returned, at any point in the future*.
Available for Heineberg Community Senior Center participants 863-3982 Ext 1.
*Returned items will not be placed back out. They will be sanitized as much as possible and kept in a plastic for more than enough time)
- City of Burlington - Response to COVID-19 (802) 755-7239
- Committe on Temporary Shelter (COTS) - (802) 864-7402
- Dept of Health hotline with COVID 19 questions: 1-866-652-4636
- Feeding Chittenden Food Shelf - 802-658-7939
- New Americans - resources
- North End Food Pantry call 862-7300 for delivery.
- NAMI National Helpline 800- 950-6264 - Mental Health hotline
- ONE Good Deed - supports Burlington residents who have lost work due to COVID-19 related closures.
- United Way's Vermont 2-1-1 (offering Vermonters guidance through a variety of challenges) Call 211 from any phone for help or 1-866-652-4636 – toll free in Vermont
Thank you all so much for helping us make a difference during this uncertain time! Please keep in touch as you build your buddy relationships. If we can answer any questions or improve our procedures, we would love to hear from you!
- Beth, Executive Director (Heineberg) 802-999-9860 hammond@heinebergcsc.org
- Adele, Center Coordinator (Meal/Bagged Grocery coordination) 802-863-3982 adele@heinebergcsc.org
- Megan, Executive Director (HANDS VT) 802-864-7528 meganjhumphrey@gmail.com