Opportunity Details

There is currently a Humanitarian Crisis of Homelessness and Hunger in our communities.

Did you know that people experiencing homelessness often suffer nutritional deficiencies, malnutrition, and painful dental decay?
Are you wondering how you could contribute individually to relieve some of that pain caused by food insecurity within our neighborhoods?
Would you be inspired to help A Meal with Dignity make and hand deliver fresh and sustainable meals to our community members who are currently experiencing homelessness?

We are A Meal with Dignity, A grassroots San Francisco nonprofit whose mission is to inspire everyone to feed our neighbors currently experiencing homelessness with dignity. We personally nourish our unsheltered neighbors by hand-delivering, fresh & nutritious bagged lunches within our communities with face-to-face connections wherever we see someone who may be experiencing hunger. We are halfway to our goal of 2,000 meals by the end of the year - 1,068 down and 932 meals to go! We need your help to get there!

We invite you to join us virtually every last Saturday of the month, as a Meal-Making Host Representative. In doing so, you are able to have a unique opportunity to create a relevant and meaningful community impact on all those affected by homelessness, housed and unhoused.

Each month you will gather your friends, family, and supplies to build the nutritionally focused AMWD meal, created by our team health advisor Dr. Adrian Aurrecoechea. The meal kit was designed with providing a sense of elevated dignity, nutritional deficiencies, and dental decay in mind, to nourish the most beneficial meals possible to the members of our community who need them the most.

After the meal has been assembled, you and your team will get your "boots on the ground" and participate in the face-to-face delivery that AMWD is known for.

We encourage you to connect with your delivery group after administering the strengthening and healing meals to the community to talk about what inspired each of them to help, what the experience was like for them, and what lasting impact it had on them.

Interested in making a difference? Respond to this posting or email me here at: Katy@amealwithdignity.org , I can answer any questions and get you started!

Visit our website, https://amealwithdignity.org/ , to see frequently asked questions and volunteer impact statements.

You can find out Meal-Making Toolkit for a list of ingredients used in the sandwiches, along with the basic preparation steps and information listed here: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a8b5a91e45a7c673468d38a/t/60e7328a043a1117687f4eed/1625764507665/AMWDtoolkit.pdf

Packing supplies are listed here: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/2TIO59EFCQ06Y/ref=cm_wl_huc_view

We hope you join us in hosting a monthly meal-making event to bring together your friends and family and truly create an impact on the humanitarian crisis of homelessness.

Opportunity Details

Our 501c3 non-profit organization has been featured in over 300 media outlets nationally over the last year. We provide free lawn care to elderly and other people who need it through our volunteer network. In order to build on this momentum, feedback received from peers suggests exploring the option of opening a for-profit division catering to landscapers for people who have the means -- which can contribute towards growing the non-profit still as the central focus?

Just looking to explore the idea and if it's worth the effort. Weigh pros and cons, Steps required, etc.

Available Shifts

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

Opportunity Details

The Senior Food and Nutrition Program Warehouse is needing volunteers to sort and pack nonperishable foods, which are then delivered to seniors.

The Senior Food Nutrition Program is a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) supplemental food and nutrition program administered by the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) for low-income Chicago residents who are 60 years and older, mothers after giving birth, and children between 5 and 6 years old, providing monthly food packages as well as nutrition education.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Tuesday, November 16th	20	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

The Senior Food and Nutrition Program Warehouse is needing volunteers to sort and pack nonperishable foods, which are then delivered to seniors.

The Senior Food Nutrition Program is a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) supplemental food and nutrition program administered by the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) for low-income Chicago residents who are 60 years and older, mothers after giving birth, and children between 5 and 6 years old, providing monthly food packages as well as nutrition education.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Tuesday, November 9th	20	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Do you have a flexible work schedule or early morning weekday availability? Would you like to volunteer with an organization making a difference in the lives of seniors and individuals with disabilities?

Join us as a Volunteer Shopper with Help At Your Door!

In this role you will work to fill grocery orders for Help At Your Door clients. Orders are printed and ready for our shoppers on weekday mornings starting at about 6:00 a.m. Volunteer shoppers take the lists and walk through the stores, finding the items and filling the grocery carts. Volunteers help double-check each cart, assist with the check-out process, and help pack the groceries into totes to be ready for delivery. Shoppers do not pay for or deliver the groceries themselves.

Shopping shifts typically last 3 hours; and shoppers can sign up to help on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. Volunteers can work with a family member or friend. Volunteers must have weekday early morning availability to assist with this role.

Help At Your Door has been serving seniors in the Twin Cities for more than 35 years. Due to the pandemic, our grocery shopping and delivery service is more needed than ever.

Opportunity Details

The Food Truck Cup is an outdoor festival that not only showcases food trucks, but local craft beverages and live music too. It is our big annual fundraiser, which directly supports the important hunger relief work we do all year round. We weren't able to do it last year, so we're very excited for its return this year!

We are specifically seeking volunteers that can help with site set up and/or take down. All volunteers will be given general admission access to the event.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Set Up Crew	20	n/a	n/a
Clean Up Crew	15	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

A Casa Nossa Senhora das Graças conta com a ajuda de voluntários para oferecer o melhor acolhimento possível para as crianças e adolescentes que se encontram em nossas casas. Com o acompanhamento da equipe técnica, nossos voluntários são orientados sobre os processos da assistência de alta complexidade e desenvolvem papeis de acordo com o seu perfil. Podem desempenhar atividades operacionais, educativas, brincadeiras, esportivas e lazer.

O desejo de ajudar faz toda a diferença.

Opportunity Details

Join us at Hunger Action LA any Wednesday morning (note: Not Jan 17 or May 1) to help prepare 130 food bags (mostly donated produce, some prepared meals) for delivery to households in South LA, Koreatown, Hollywood, and other areas. Please arrive at 8:30 am. We will sort and pack food as it arrives in 4 shipments, until 1 pm when volunteer drivers begin arriving. (You may volunteer both for packing and driving.) You can also help with loading until about 3 pm. Inquire about custom hours if you need to : info@hungeractionla.org

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Food Delivery Preparation	5	n/a	n/a
Food Delivery Preparation	5	n/a	n/a
Food Delivery Preparation	5	n/a	n/a
Food Delivery Preparation	5	n/a	n/a
Food Delivery Preparation	5	n/a	n/a
Food Delivery Preparation	5	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

HALA needs volunteer drivers on Wednesdays 1 pm to 3 pm to take bags of produce and other food to 130 households in South LA, Koreatown, Hollywood, Inglewood, and other areas. Volunteers should have current drivers' license and insurance. Contact frank@hungeractionla.org. You will pick up food at Hunger Action LA and then deliver to 4-5 addresses in the areas served.

Opportunity Details

The BAMSI Brown Bag Food Program takes place at Teen Challenge and is run by volunteers from BAMSI and the community. It has been a tremendous effort to unload food, pack 700 bags, and deliver them to some very deserving members of our community!

The BAMSI Brown Bag takes place every 3rd Thursday of the month in Brockton! If you haven’t had an opportunity to join us yet, check out this video: https://bamsi.info/volunteerbrownbag

Information about becoming a volunteer can be found below!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Team #1- Unload: You will assist with unloading the semi-truck of over 15,000 pounds of food. This will be very physical work that will take some heavy lifting.	no limit	n/a	n/a
Team #2- Pack: You will take the unloaded food and be a part of an assembly line to package the food.	no limit	n/a	n/a
Team #3- Help load bags onto the truck, drive to Caffrey Towers in Brockton where you will unload the bags from the truck & deliver to residents. (755 Crescent Street)	no limit	n/a	n/a
Team #4- Deliver: Help load bags onto the truck, drive to Campello High Rise in Brockton where you will unload the bags from the truck & deliver to residents. (1380 Main Street)	no limit	n/a	n/a