Groceries To Go Program
Urgent: We have several clients who need a volunteer matched to take them grocery shopping. Please help today.
Groceries to Go - is for clients who can still do some cooking, but can’t get to the store on their own. Clients provide the grocery list and pay for their groceries. Based on the specific need, volunteers shop alone for client or take a client to the store twice a month. Contact us for more information on receiving services or to get involved as a volunteer.
Want to volunteer?
Groceries to Go matches clients for or with volunteers who grocery shop with them twice a month. Clients provide the grocery list and pay for their groceries. Volunteers must be able to:
- Shop alone for or a client or take a client to the store 2 times per month
- Long-term commitments preferred
Volunteers either provide transportation to and from the grocery store for ambulatory clients and assist these clients with their shopping or volunteers just collect the grocery list and payment and do the shopping for them and deliver groceries to their homes. The client will provide payment for all purchases.
We ask volunteers to arrive at the client’s home on the agreed upon day and hour. If needed, they assist the client with shopping lists, keeping in mind good nutritional parameters. After the shopping trip, volunteers help the client shelve and store groceries as needed. Volunteers also pick up prescriptions if the pharmacy is near the grocery store.
Groceries to Go clients appreciate the service volunteers provide, and they also appreciate the company. Most Groceries to Go clients are elderly, and all have limited transportation options. They spend a large portion of their day inside, often alone. Many Groceries to Go clients are enrolled in the Meals on Wheels program and receive meals from volunteers, Monday through Friday. For those Groceries to Go clients who live alone and who are not enrolled in Meals on Wheels, sometimes the only contact they have with another person is with their Groceries to Go volunteer.
I you want to help please contact the Groceries to Go program coordinator.
*NOTE: Before becoming a volunteer, we ask that you speak with a volunteer coordinator, fill out an application, provide copies of both your driver’s license and car insurance, and allow us to run a criminal background check. You must also attend a short orientation session.
Groceries to Go is a project of the Junior League of Austin.