Get Involved

Loaves & Fishes welcomes groups of up to 15 people to work in the warehouse doing a variety of activities, including sorting and packing food donations for distribution to our pantries.  On occasion we can accommodate groups larger than 15. Group activities take place on Wednesdays, Fridays or Saturday mornings. No training needed.

Loaves & Fishes receives tremendous support from the community. Several times a year we have food drives that provide the majority of food for our pantries. Volunteers are always needed before, during and after these drives. Our largest food drives are held annually in February and May. Please email our volunteer coordinator for more information.  No training needed.

Organize a food drive at your work place, neighborhood, or congregation. This is a great way to give back to the community and to raise awareness.

Consider adopting one of Loaves & Fishes food pantries! Groups or individuals can choose a pantry to help collect items that supplement our bagging list. Items needed include fresh produce, diapers in all sizes, personal care items and items from our priority needs list such as canned fruit, canned meat, canned pastas, 100% fruit juice and cereal.

• Birthday Parties – Ask attendees to bring canned goods in addition to or instead of birthday gifts
• Lemonade Stands – Children have donated funds collected from their lemonade sales to benefit Loaves & Fishes
• Party with a Purpose – Host a dinner and collect canned goods for Loaves & Fishes
• Share Your Idea With Us – From companies allowing people to wear jeans for a day in exchange for a donation to families donating their movie money, we’ve heard many creative and touching ways that people have found to donate funds and ensure that people in our community don’t go hungry.

Volunteers are needed to help in the warehouse doing a variety of activities, including sorting and packing food donations for distribution to our pantries on Wednesdays, Fridays or Saturday mornings. Please fill out the volunteer application to get started. No training needed.

Phone center volunteers receive all phone referrals from social service agencies and schools. A social worker screens the clients and determines need. The phone center volunteer simply takes the information, checks the database for eligibility and inputs the information into the database. The pantries are notified of each referral.

The phone center is open Monday-Friday, 9:00am to 4:00pm. Volunteers work a three hour shift, 9-12, 10-1 or 1-4. Volunteers can work once a week or once a month! Training is required. Due to the time it takes to train, we ask for a long term commitment to volunteer in the phone center.

Organize a food drive at your work place, neighborhood, or congregation. This is a great way to give back to the community and to raise awareness.

Consider adopting one of Loaves & Fishes food pantries! Groups or individuals can choose a pantry to help collect items that supplement our bagging list. Items needed include fresh produce, diapers in all sizes, personal care items and items from our priority needs list such as canned meat, canned fruit, canned pastas, powdered milk, 100% fruit juice and cereal.

Each week, volunteers are needed to help deliver perishable foods from our warehouse to our pantries. The busiest delivery days are Tuesday and Thursday mornings and the delivery routes usually take about three to four hours. Volunteers work with a staff person. Individuals can sign up to help at their convenience, once a week, once a month or more often. No training needed. A clean driving record is required to drive the truck and current certification is required to drive the forklifts.

Pantry volunteers work with clients to help choose their groceries, stock pantry shelves and receive food donations delivered to the pantry. Volunteer time varies by pantry. Training required. Due to the time it takes to train, we ask for a long term commitment to volunteer in a pantry.

• Birthday Parties – Ask attendees to bring canned goods in addition to or instead of birthday gifts
• Lemonade Stands – Children have donated funds collected from their lemonade sales to benefit Loaves & Fishes
• Party with a Purpose – Host a dinner and collect canned goods for Loaves & Fishes
• Share Your Idea With Us – From companies allowing people to wear jeans for a day in exchange for a donation to families donating their movie money, we’ve heard many creative and touching ways that people have found to donate funds and ensure that people in our community don’t go hungry. Please share your unique ideas with us.