# Naomi2 volunteer request

**URL:** <https://go.helpberkeley.org/t/naomi2-volunteer-request/5128>\
**Category:** Volunteer!\
**Created:** [December 23, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://go.helpberkeley.org/t/naomi2-volunteer-request/5128 "2020-12-23T01:20:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![naomi2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@naomi2](https://go.helpberkeley.org/u/naomi2)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://go.helpberkeley.org/t/naomi2-volunteer-request/5128/1 "2020-12-23T01:20:48Z")

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I want to volunteer to deliver meals not receive them. Please help!

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**Author:** ![naomi2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@naomi2](https://go.helpberkeley.org/u/naomi2)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://go.helpberkeley.org/t/naomi2-volunteer-request/5128/2 "2020-12-23T01:41:31Z")

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I had meant to sign up to volunteer to deliver meals but I DO NOT WISH TO RECEIVE MEALS. Somehow my submission was miscoded. How do I get trained in volunteering so I can help out with this service? Thanks.

Naomi Schneider  
[naomi.schneider@ucpress.edu](mailto:naomi.schneider@ucpress.edu)

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**Author:** ![KaelanTdT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7cd45c/32.png) [@KaelanTdT](https://go.helpberkeley.org/u/KaelanTdT)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://go.helpberkeley.org/t/naomi2-volunteer-request/5128/3 "2020-12-23T01:47:25Z")

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Hi @naomi2! I’m so sorry about the mix up, I’d love to help you ramp up to be a volunteer. I tried leaving a voicemail, but it was full, sorry ☹ .

On HelpBerkeley, we have two major roles for volunteers, dispatchers and drivers.

**Drivers** , are, well, pretty self explanatory. You’d need to be able to use the discourse app on your phone.

**Dispatchers** are more varied in the roles they partake in:

- Customer care: respond to questions from new members on how to register and use the system  
Our volunteers may pick shifts of roughly 3 hours, throughout the day and the week
- Workflow dispatch: prepare delivery runs for our drivers—a somewhat technical and detailed-oriented task that requires good familiarity with spreadsheets  
Workflow dispatching shifts start at 7:00pm. Volunteer may pick days of the week for their shifts.

Which one would you like to participate in (or you could do both)?

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**Author:** ![naomi2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@naomi2](https://go.helpberkeley.org/u/naomi2)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://go.helpberkeley.org/t/naomi2-volunteer-request/5128/4 "2020-12-23T02:07:07Z")

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Hi Kaelan,

Thanks for your note. I appreciate it. I could do both drive and/or dispatch, depending on which is most needed. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![KaelanTdT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7cd45c/32.png) [@KaelanTdT](https://go.helpberkeley.org/u/KaelanTdT)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://go.helpberkeley.org/t/naomi2-volunteer-request/5128/5 "2020-12-23T02:17:39Z")

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Ok @naomi2 sounds good! Could I call you tomorrow to get you signed up for trainings?

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**Author:** ![naomi2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@naomi2](https://go.helpberkeley.org/u/naomi2)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://go.helpberkeley.org/t/naomi2-volunteer-request/5128/6 "2020-12-23T02:30:19Z")

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Thanks Kaelan. Yes, feel free to call me but I’m tied up until noon. Thanks!  
510-414-2236.