Volunteers

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Types of Opportunities

If you're looking to get involved with our pantry, there are three primary ways to donate your time.

These are three-hour shifts.  Requires standing, bending, lifting, filling grocery orders, stocking shelves, walking outside and greeting clients. There are 5-6 volunteers per shift. Volunteers are required to attend orientation before working any pantry shift.

Shifts are the following hours with volunteers arriving at least 15 minutes before start of their shift.

  • Monday: 9 AM – 12PM
  • Tuesday: 9 AM – 12 PM or 12 – 3 PM (or until last client leaves)
  • Friday: 9 AM – 12 PM or 12 – 3 PM (or until last client leaves)

Great options for those that would rather work behind the scenes.

Requires lifting, bending, and carrying to load/unload.

Opportunities are mornings during the week and Saturday.

Not required to attend orientation.

This can involve local food pickups – both grocery and food donations.  Times vary based but typically require 60 to 90 minutes.

Once a month we pickup donations at Operation Food Search warehouse in St Louis. This is a volunteer opportunity for a driver with a truck/SUV that can tow a trailer PLUS assistants that can ride along to help with loading. This will be a Friday morning from about 7:15 – 10:30 am.

This is a family-friendly opportunity and all ages are welcome. When we gather for a food drive, volunteers will help sort or move food into storage. Not required to attend orientation.


Volunteer Age and Eligibility Requirements

For safety reasons, children must be at least twelve years old and accompanied by parental supervision to be allowed to work in the Food Pantry. Volunteers without parental supervision must be at least 16 years old, have their own cell phone, and transportation.

Anyone who is a Food Pantry client or has an immediate family member being served by the Food Pantry cannot be a volunteer.  Immediate family is defined as anyone with whom the person is sharing a home.

Service Hours and Community Service Hours

Young people may volunteer and be given service hour credit for services such as confirmation, honor society, scouts, etc.

The Food Pantry will accept volunteers serving court-ordered community service for minor traffic violations but will not accept volunteers serving community service for arrests related to drugs, alcohol, or physical violence. Those working shifts will be required to attend orientation before they can volunteer.

Volunteer Orientation

Shift volunteers are required to attend orientation before working at the pantry.

Volunteer orientation is typically held quarterly on the 1st Thursday of that month at 1 pm for approximately one hour.

To become a new volunteer, please fill out our volunteer application by clicking the button below.