Volunteers Needed for County's Nutrition Program

Published on September 07, 2023

The Morris County Nutrition Program is seeking volunteers to assist in the kitchen and to deliver meals to Morris County Seniors. The program has nutrition sites throughout Morris County that serves more than 1,200 seniors Monday to Friday.

There are two types of volunteer opportunities: kitchen assistants and drivers to help deliver meals.

• Volunteer kitchen assistants assist with setting up in preparation for delivery, serving meals to congregate seniors, and cleaning up. There is no cooking of meals but portioning and preparing of bags for delivery.
• Volunteer drivers deliver meals to homebound seniors in the local community. Driver must have a valid driver's license and the use their own car.

Volunteers must be 18 or older and available weekday mornings. For more information or to sign up to volunteer, please call Carol Stolz at 862-219-9125 or email [email protected].

Below are the sites and the types of volunteers needed:

Denville Nutrition Site-Cooks Pond Senior Housing, 455 Diamond Spring Road    

Volunteer Kitchen Assistant

Days needed:  Monday, Wednesday, Friday 

Hours: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Dover Nutrition Site:  St. John’s Episcopal Church, 11 South Bergen Street

Volunteer Kitchen Assistant

Days:  Mondays and Thursdays

Long Hill Nutrition Site – The Senior Center, 769 Valley Road

Volunteer Kitchen Assistant

Days needed: Tuesdays

Hours: 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Montville Nutrition Site-Montville Senior house – 366 Main Road

Volunteer Kitchen Assistant

Volunteer Driver

Days needed: Thursdays

Hours: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Morristown Nutrition Site-

Volunteer Kitchen Assistant

Days needed:  Tuesday and Thursday     

Hours: 9:30-11 a.m.

Volunteer Driver

Days needed:  Monday, Wednesday, Friday        

Hours: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. 

Morris Township Nutrition Site- Morris Mews, 99 Ketch Road

Volunteer Driver

Rockaway Nutrition Site-Pleasant View Village, 221 Mt. Pleasant Avenue

Volunteer Kitchen Assistant

Days needed:  Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday        

Hours 6:30 - 9:30 a.m.

To learn more about the county's nutrition programs, which include local congregate dining, delivered meals and farmers market vouchers, visit https://www.morriscountynj.gov/Departments/Aging-Disabilities-Community-Programming/Nutrition-Program