Opportunity Details

Come help feed the community! Food Pantry volunteers shop with clients, restock shelves, and help load groceries in cars.

This is a great volunteer opportunity for regular weekly volunteers or volunteers looking to give back as needed. Volunteers needed on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday with various shifts. All volunteer shifts must be scheduled in advance. You are also welcome to sign up for open shifts at https://bit.ly/ServePantry

Volunteers must be 16 years of age or older to volunteer by themselves or 12 years or older to volunteer with a parent. All volunteers must wear closed-toed shoes. Groups of up to 8 people welcome.

Opportunity Details

The volunteers for this opportunity prepare the local food pantry for the giant distribution that will occur the next day. Volunteers help sort and package fresh produce into family- size bags for easy distribution.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General- Food Fair prep	20	n/a	n/a
General- Food Fair prep	20	n/a	n/a
General- Food Fair prep	20	n/a	n/a
General- Food Fair prep	20	n/a	n/a
General- Food Fair prep	20	n/a	n/a
General- Food Fair prep	20	n/a	n/a
General- Food Fair prep	20	n/a	n/a
General- Food Fair prep	20	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

This short term volunteer provides crucial assistance during one of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul’s single largest events, the Food Fair. Open to the public, this Food Fair connects members of the community who may lack an adequate disposable income with an ample supply of fresh produce. This role is a good fit for volunteers who enjoy participating in large group events.
This is an ongoing event and happens every 1st, 3rd and 4th Saturday of the month.

Opportunity Details

We have bulk cereal that needs to be repacked into smaller sizes for students served by the Weekend Kids' Meal program. We distribute 1800 meal bags every Friday through the school system so the need is great for appropriately sized items.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Weekend Kids' Meal Packing	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Proceeds from this event are used to fund two weekly food pantry distributions which serve over 300 families per week in Moorpark. We need volunteers to assist with various stations at the 5K race (set-up, check-in, water stations, race route assistance, cleanup, etc.) No particular skill set is needed...just hearts that are willing to help!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

MANNA distributes 50,000 pounds of food everyday to serve the more than 110,000 people in WNC's 16 counties facing food insecurity. This is achieved through the hard work of nearly 100 volunteers in MANNA's warehouse everyday. Volunteer projects change daily in the warehouse based on priority and need. Projects could include, but are not limited to: sorting and packing food donations, packing housewares and hygiene products, culling and bagging produce, or packing MANNA Packs.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Kohls-Cause	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

We are converting an acre of land over to raised beds. We are going into this growing season with 20 rows or a total of 180 - 12'X3' beds. We have room to build more beds and will continue to add them as we have volunteers to help us. All the produce that is grown is donated out to food pantries, low-income senior organizations, community meals throughout Montgomery and Bucks Counties.

We are looking for volunteers to help us top off our current beds with soil, spread mulch in the pathways, plant, weed, water and pick. We will need volunteers from late March until the end of October.

The garden is in Towamencin Township. We can accommodate groups or individuals can sign up on their own. We have a link on our website where volunteers can sign up or you can email us at info@gardenofhealthinc.org

Parking is limited. We ask groups to car pool and we can handle groups around 15-20 people.

Available Shifts

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

Opportunity Details

The Mobile Pantry program is an opportunity for us to bring a bigger yield of perishable and non-perishable food directly to our community. On the day of the event, the Mobile Pantry comes filled with a variety of produce, frozen and refrigerated product to provide supplemental food assistance to qualified families and individuals. Volunteers will support building food bags and distributing the bags to families.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	25	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Daily tasks in our main warehouse include repacking donated food on our conveyor system, packing assorted food kits, packing health and beauty kits, and checking expiration dates.

We have morning and afternoon shifts on most weekdays and occasional nights and weekends.

For more information, or to make a reservation, visit the food bank's website.

Space is limited, so making a reservation through Benevity alone will not grantee your spots. You must make a reservation through the food bank's website.

Opportunity Details

Goal of this activity is to package over 150,000 highly fortified chicken flavored rice/soy meals some of which will be sent to Channel One Food Shelf in Olmsted County and also overseas where the need to help starving children is great. Volunteers work in assembly line fashion to assemble, weigh, seal and package the bags of meals for shipping

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a