Volunteer

Volunteer to Nourish your Community

To meet the ever-increasing need in the community, we are in need of more volunteers! CCEFS relies on the hard work of generous and dedicated volunteers like you for everything we do.

We are serving more families than ever, and we need YOUR help to keep going! There is a lot to do every day, and we wouldn’t be able to keep up without our incredible volunteers.

We need your help to to pick up rescued food, sort and stock donations, and help serve families in need. We ask that most volunteers commit to serving two or more shifts per month, though many of our volunteers serve more than once a week. Please keep in mind that most positions at the food shelf require being on your feet on a concrete floor throughout your shift.

Volunteer Duties Might Include

On-Site Food Shelf Volunteer Tasks:

• Organize and sort fresh produce, deli, meat, frozen food, and dairy products
• Package food for drive-up food distribution service
• Sort food donations
• Help unload food from delivery and food rescue trucks
• Prepare drive-up service with the items to be distributed for the day
• Assist with the car-side customer intake process
• Help clients select items from our drive-up choice rack
• Load food directly into customer’s cars
• Direct traffic during drive-up service
• Help with language translation

Mobile Food Shelf Volunteer Tasks:

• Use rolling carts to unload and re-load the delivery truck
• Preparing drive-up service with the items to be distributed for the day
• Greet clients and meet with them for intake, where we collect their information for our records
• Load food directly into customer’s cars
• Direct traffic during drive-up service

We also welcome volunteers who are interested in serving in other capacities on specialty tasks, like data entry, building maintenance, photography, or graphic design. If you have skills to share, let us know!

If you are ready to jump in and volunteer, please fill out a Volunteer Application Form to get started. We would love to have you join our team!

If you have any questions, see Volunteer FAQ or feel free to contact us at volunteer@ccefs.org.