Our Mitzvah Meals for Medical Visitors program provides community connection and support to Jewish individuals and/or families who are staying in Seattle while seeking medical care. Participants receive home cooked, kosher-style meals delivered by volunteers each week.
Volunteers support this program by signing up for meal-preparation and delivery shifts while patients are receiving care. Thank you for helping provide a supporting hand to our medical visitors!
Commitment:
- Join the Mitzvah Meals volunteer mailing list - when volunteers are needed for meal deliveries, shift details will be sent out to volunteers via email to sign up. Volunteers to opt into any shifts they’d like. There’s no requirement that a volunteer must participate each time.
- Reliably prepare and deliver meals for recipient(s) on dates signed up for.
Responsibilities:
- Sign up for meal-preparation and delivery shifts as needed and as you are available.
- Prepare kosher-style (no shellfish, pork or mixing meat and dairy) meals in your home kitchen prior to your designated deliveries, following any allergy/dietary restrictions needed.
- Call recipient(s) or their contact person to confirm when you plan to deliver their meals.
- Deliver meals to recipient(s) on your scheduled date(s).
- Communicate with JFS staff if you are not feeling well, have been exposed to illness, or will be unable to provide your meal as planned.
Requirements:
- Age 18 or older. Volunteers under 18 may participate and attend deliveries along with an adult parent/guardian.
- Reliable transportation to make the deliveries.
- Punctuality.
- Successful completion of volunteer application process, including liability form and volunteer handbook.
- Understanding of volunteer/client boundaries and confidentiality requirements.
