Interested in Volunteering?
We’re incredibly grateful to have a full roster of dedicated volunteers who keep Springs Food Pantry running—from shelving or stocking food, to packing grocery bags, or assisting on distribution Wednesdays.
Although we don’t always have immediate openings, we want to know if you are interested! We do reach out occasionally when new help is needed. If you don’t hear from us, it simply means we’re fully staffed at the moment—but rest assured, we’ve added you to our substitute list!
Read more below and fill out the form if you’d like to be considered when opportunities come up.
What do volunteers do?
The majority of our volunteer work each week is in packing food, helping to carry bags on distribution Wednesdays and restocking shelves with new supplies. A typical time commitment is ~2 hours per week. We prefer to have volunteers who can commit to a day every week throughout the year, but we all have busy lives and we can try to accommodate your schedule.
Here’s a list of basic roles and descriptions:
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Stocking & shelving - Monday and Thursday mornings, ~2 hours. Some heavy lifting restocking our shelves with boxed dry and canned goods.
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Bag packing - Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, ~3 hours. Adding the week’s menu items to hundreds of grocery bags to be ready for distribution.
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Distribution & bag carrying - Wednesdays 1:30 - 6:30 in shifts. Organizing bags for distribution or helping to carry heavy bags of produce and groceries to the recipients’ cars.
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Parking lot - Wednesdays 1:30 - 6:30 in shifts. Coordinating parking line and directing recipients for entry/exit into Food Pantry.
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Check-in - Wednesdays 1:30 - 6:30 in shifts. Checking in or registering recipients on our computer system. Fluency in Spanish is essential.
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Car deliveries - Wednesday afternoons, ~1 hour. Driving your car and dropping off deliveries for certain recipients in Springs.
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Fundraising event support - Seasonal, variable time commitment. Helping with event activities like initial contact and follow through with vendors, managing silent auctions, serving beverages, event set up/take down, etc.
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Marketing - ongoing, variable time commitment. Assisting with event promotions, website management, graphic design, etc.
