Opportunity Details

Hey all you Hunger Heroes!! There are 821 Million people that go to bed hungry every night. 84,000 in just the NE Indiana area alone. Are you ready to do something about it in a fun, family-friendly and impactful way that only takes 2 hours of your time!! Are you in?!? Let’s do this!!

We'll be set up for social distancing and, while face masks are not mandatory, we do recommend them.

While we do not charge a fee to be involved in our Public Packing events, we appreciate donations to further our work to end world hunger. Ideally, we’d like each person or family to cover the cost of one carton of meals.

Just one carton of meals that you will pack feeds 216 children and costs just $60. That’s a mere $.27 per meal! What can we do without once or twice that will equal 216 meals? How many boxes would you like to donate?

We are looking forward to seeing you and partnering with you to feed the hungry!!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	20	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Welcome to El Buen! You are one step closer in helping us address food insecurities in Central Texas! We need your help more than ever to serve our community in ensuring families gain access to healthy food and community resources. Please read the following volunteer roles available and their descriptions.

Our Food Pantry operates Monday-Thursday in the mornings. We prep on Mon & Wed and have our public food drive on Tues & Thurs.

You are more than welcome to volunteer as many days during the week but we require a minimum of one day per week. We also ask for a volunteer commitment of an entire semester (16 weeks or 8 weeks for summer). For one time or group opportunities, please contact us and we can coordinate separately.

Volunteer Roles Available:

Mondays 8AM-11AM
Volunteers are needed to help us unload several hundred pounds of food from our Central Texas Food Bank order. We then need help loading partner vehicles with emergency food boxes so that they can take to groups of populations that we may not serve. Partners include: The Safe Alliance, LifeWorks, Any Baby Can, and more!

Mondays 9AM-12PM
Volunteers are needed to help us organize food in our food pantry and prep dry good bags for our public distribution.


Tuesdays 7AM-10AM
Volunteers are needed to help us bag fresh produce and distribute food pantry bags to our clients via our drive through style.

Wednesdays 9AM-12PM
Volunteers are needed to help us organize food in our food pantry and prep dry good bags for our public distribution.

Thursdays 7AM-10AM
Volunteers are needed to help us bag fresh produce and distribute food pantry bags to our clients via our drive through style.

REQUIREMENT: Before attending a shift, all volunteers must watch the training video at least once!
https://youtu.be/uek7laXNZg8

You can sign up to volunteer through benevity or through our website: https://elbuen.org/volunteer/

Questions, contact us: rfuentes@elbuen.org | 956-432-3141

Opportunity Details

At Ladles of Love we are providing more than 1 million meals a month through our network of Kitchens across the City. However, outside of people gathering at kitchens, there are many others in need of a meal and the sandwiches that are dropped off at our depots across the City gets distributed to those who cannot get to a kitchen.
We encourage you to help us feed more hungry individuals across the City. A jam and peanut spread on 2 slices makes a sandwich we can easily distribute. Please package them back into the sandwich bags and drop them off at your nearest depot.
Please see a depot closest to you on our page: https://ladlesoflove.org.za/donate-sandwich-drive/

Opportunity Details

A community Food Share Program.
In Partnership with local food banks, you could help us with our "Last Mile Delivery"
You could Volunteer with your technical knowledge, be a ground volunteer, or better off, help us with our Last Mile Delivery. This program reaches out to all corners of the bay and is in five counties. Help us deliver over 24 tons of food on weekly basis! We deliver to people homes as well as to other distributions Centers. Pick up a route with us! Each Saturday from 07 - 11:45 AM. Pick your time and level of engagement. It is fun!

To sign up with this program, go to supportlives.org/volunteer. From there you will receive special instructions and links to our Slack where you will be able to coordinate and communicate with the site leads and other volunteers.

Opportunity Details

The purpose is to deliver community made plant-based meals direct to door, for households struggling to access food and to food banks.

"The people that deliver are so lovely and understanding... I don't think I could get through (the lockdown) without the food." – Lesley, meal recipient

You will need your own bicycle, a smartphone for delivery routes, and WhatsApp.

Key Tasks
• Pick up the community meals from the Made in Hackney kitchen on the appointed day/time.
• Pack the meal containers into a sturdy waterproof cargo unit or carry bag or panniers. There are back packs available, similar to Deliveroo bags.
• Deliver meals to each household taking care to follow health and safety protocol.
• During deliveries stay in constant contact with the logistics ‘home’ team using WhatsApp.
• Stay close to the cycle volunteer if you’re paired with at all times.
• Listen and respond to any questions or concerns from meal recipients and report them immediately to the logistics team.
• Keep vigilant guard over bikes and meals during delivery rounds.
• Be mindful of any worrying interactions with meal recipients, and when in doubt report concerns to logistics team immediately, however minor they may seem. Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility.
• Confirm safe arrival at home after shift is over.

Time Commitment
• Meal delivery days are on Mondays and Wednesdays and cycle courier shifts are between 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm, or until all meals are delivered.

Person Specification
• Physically fit to ride a bicycle for up to 2.5 hours at a time (with stops)
• Can carry meals in panniers or in backpack on the bicycle.
• Confident to use a personal smartphone and WhatsApp.
• Confidence and empathy to communicate with people from diverse backgrounds, many with special needs
• Enthusiasm, patience and energy and a positive attitude.

Essential Requirement

• A road worthy normal bicycle or Cargo bike
• A charged smartphone
• Minimum age 18 years

Background of Made in Hackney and the community meal service

Made In Hackney opened its doors in 2012 as the UK’s first fully vegan community cookery school and charity. We collaborate with communities to showcase and develop skills, knowledge and inspiration to grow, cook and eat more plants.

The kitchen started as a response to global and local crisis – health inequalities, food access and climate change. These interconnected issues drive our mission to bring about positive change in the areas of community, health and environment with delicious, culturally varied, nutritious plant-based food at the centre of all we do.

During the pandemic, we delivered about 1,500 meals per week.

The Community Made service currently cooks and delivers about 400 meals per week to households struggling with food access, and to food banks.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Cycle courier	4	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

On the third Tuesday of every month, our Zion Rock food pantry (10230 W. Fond du Lac Ave., Milwaukee) receives its delivery of food from Hunger Task Force - approximately 3-5 pallets of various nutritious items that will be distributed to underserved members of the community over the course of the month. At these deliveries, it is vital that we have a team of volunteers onsite to help us unload, sort, and stock the food into the pantry space quickly and efficiently to keep the loading zone clear and the food out of the elements.

Opportunity Details

Early in the month, our Hope House food pantry (209 W. Orchard St., Milwaukee) receives its delivery of food from Hunger Task Force - approximately 7-10 pallets of various nutritious items that will be distributed to underserved members of the community over the course of the month. At these deliveries, it is vital that we have a team of volunteers onsite to help us unload, sort, and stock the food into the pantry space quickly and efficiently to keep the loading zone clear and the food out of the elements.

Opportunity Details

On the third Tuesday of every month, our Zion Rock food pantry (10230 W. Fond du Lac Ave., Milwaukee) receives its delivery of food from Hunger Task Force - approximately 3-5 pallets of various nutritious items that will be distributed to underserved members of the community over the course of the month. At these deliveries, it is vital that we have a team of volunteers onsite to help us unload, sort, and stock the food into the pantry space quickly and efficiently to keep the loading zone clear and the food out of the elements.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Hunger Task Force Delivery: Zion Rock Food Pantry	3	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

On the first Thursday of every month, our Hope House food pantry (209 W. Orchard St., Milwaukee) receives its delivery of food from Hunger Task Force - approximately 7-10 pallets of various nutritious items that will be distributed to underserved members of the community over the course of the month. At these deliveries, it is vital that we have a team of volunteers onsite to help us unload, sort, and stock the food into the pantry space quickly and efficiently to keep the loading zone clear and the food out of the elements.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Hunger Task Force Delivery: Hope House	5	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

On the second Thursday of every month, our Hope House food pantry (209 W. Orchard St., Milwaukee) receives its delivery of stockboxes from Hunger Task Force - approximately 2-3 pallets of boxes of fresh shelf-staple food that will be distributed to underserved senior members of the community (age 60+) over the course of the month. At these deliveries, it is vital that we have a team of volunteers onsite to help us move each box into the pantry space quickly and efficiently to keep the loading zone clear and the food out of the elements.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Hunger Task Force Stockbox Delivery	2	n/a	n/a