All the work at the Food Pantry is done by about 200 volunteers.  It is a dedicated group answering Christ’s call to “Feed My Sheep”.  Many volunteers choose one day each week to help out but if you are only available one to three days per month, we can make that work too. If you are interested in joining there are multiple opportunities as described below.

Daily Volunteers

Tuesday – Friday and 1st Saturday from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm.  Work with 10 or more other volunteers to do one or more of these jobs:

• Interview/sign-in existing and potential clients to ensure they meet requirements.  Also understand their overall needs and guide them to an appropriate local agency or church to help them become more self-sufficient.
• Assemble boxes of canned food and staples, bags of bread, frozen meat, fruits and vegetables, milk and eggs and misc for Family clients.
• Sort and ‘shelve’ newly received food, clean up area at end of day, restock shelves, put away empty boxes, etc.

Senior Program Volunteers

4 Mondays per month from 8am to noon.  Work with 15 or more other volunteers to do one or more of these jobs:

• Assemble carts of canned food and staples, bags of bread, frozen meat or fruits and vegetables and misc items for Senior clients.
• Carry 25 lb. boxes/bags to cars for Seniors.
• Sort and ‘shelve’ newly received food, clean up area at end of day, restock shelves, put away empty boxes, etc.
• Direct traffic.

Grocery & Box Pick up Volunteers

Per an assigned schedule, one morning each week (or as often as you are able) from 8-10 am: 

• Drive to a designated Walmart, or a designated Food Lion. Pick up the food they donate and take it to the Pantry.  At the Pantry (Monday-Friday and 1st Saturday), unload the food; volunteers will weigh, mark and store it. On weekends, drivers pick up the food, take it to the Pantry, unload the food, weigh, mark and store it. Requires an SUV or pick-up truck and able to lift boxes 25 lbs+. 
• Other volunteers drive the Pantry refrigerated truck to pick up food from Publix stores. 
• We also need people to go to local grocery stores and pick up empty boxes for us to use (per an assigned schedule). This can be done at other times of the day. 

For all volunteer jobs, we need people to work selected days each week and people who can be flexible filling-in on short notice on a given day.

If any of these jobs interest you, please Contact Us.

You can also fill out our Online Volunteer Form if you’re ready to lend a hand.