Kitchen Helper

MCC’s Older Adults Center provides older adults 60+ a safe, welcoming place to stay connected, eat healthy, and be well. In addition to offering a healthy meal, the Older Adult Center hosts classes and events that enrich elders’ lives and strengthen connections. The center is operated in partnership with the Milwaukee County Department on Aging.

Please note that this is the first step of the volunteer application process. Before your first volunteer shift, you must complete the MCC application and have this processed with the MCC Volunteer Coordinator, Arlene Gonzalez. Generally, this process will take 1-2 business days upon your application.

• Greet all participants and ensure they have a positive dining experience.
• Food safety: Follow your employer’s food safety policies and national standards, and ensure food is stored at the right time and right temperatures.
• Preparing ingredients: Wash, peel, and prepare food ingredients using basic knife skills.
• Storing food: Organize the stockroom, unload fresh supplies, and rotate food stock.
• Cleaning: Cleaning kitchen appliances, ovens, dishes, and pans. Assisting with meal preparation: Stir soups, season dishes, or perform other simple cooking tasks under supervision.
• Other duties: Review kitchen inventory, observe cooking times and temperature, and move kitchen objects around.
• Effectively address participants' questions, requests, and problem-solve as needed.
• Keep all shelves organized, clean, well-stocked, and properly rotated.
• Foster a positive work environment of outstanding teamwork, mutual respect, and effective communication.