HELPING OUT
GROUP VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Our projects change from week to week, but we always find something great and rewarding for your group to work on, be it labeling packaged products, inspecting and sorting food donations, or repackaging bulk donated products. We can’t do all of this without you.
Join the Food Lifeline Volunteer Team today!
Our group volunteer sessions are:
- Tuesdays from 9-Noon*, 1-4pm* or 6-8pm
- Wednesdays from 9-Noon* or 1-4pm*
- Thursdays from 9-Noon*, 1-4pm* or 6-8pm
- Fridays from 9-Noon* or 1-3pm
- Saturdays from 9-Noon or 1-4pm
*Minimum 2 hour commitment
*All volunteer sessions are held at our Shoreline Volunteer Repack Center
Corporate Groups
Location: Shoreline Volunteer Repack Center
Looking for a day out of the office? A team building event? Consider organizing a group of your colleagues to serve at Food Lifeline. Whether it’s a Day of Service or an afternoon out of the office – we welcome corporate groups to share their day with us. Group size ranges from 8-60 depending on schedule availability. Have a larger group or a special event idea? Contact us and we’ll do what we can to make it happen!
If you would like to include families with children to your corporate event, please see our Volunteering with Children Guidelines for additional details.
School/Youth Groups
Location: Shoreline Volunteer Repack Center
A field trip to Food Lifeline is a great way to teach students about hunger in our community. Whether your group spends a few hours with us repacking food or simply stops by for a tour, all of your students will go away with knowledge about hunger and how they can help.
VOLUNTEERING – Maximum and minimum group sizes are determined by the day and time of your session. See our Volunteering with Children Guidelines for additional details. Minimum volunteer age is 6.
TOURS - Maximum and minimum tour sizes are determined on a case by case basis. Minimum tour age is 5.
Service and Community Groups
Location: Shoreline Volunteer Repack Center
We welcome service groups, youth groups, scouts, faith-based organizations, large groups of friends and family and more. Whether you volunteer as part of a college alumni reunion, a church youth group or as a birthday party – everyone can celebrate the 1000’s of pounds of food you’ll process during your session. If your volunteer group includes children, please see our Volunteering with Children Guidelines below for additional details.
Volunteering with Children Guideline
Hundreds of children volunteer with Food Lifeline each year to help those in need. Our volunteer sessions are fun, rewarding and empowering for all children ages 6 and older. We have these guidelines in place to keep them safe and insure that the projects they work on are successful.
- Children must be 6 years of age or older to volunteer.
- Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. One adult may accompany more than one child however, we ask for a ratio of 1 adult for every 5 children in your group for their safety, food safety and leadership.
- Groups of children age 6-9 years of age are encouraged to registered for a 2 hour volunteer session, and need to have 1 adult for every 4 children in the group to maintain safety, food safety and leadership requirements.
- Children under 18 must bring a completed Parent Consent Form to each volunteer session.
- Groups with children interested in volunteering during the business day (Tues-Friday from 9am-4pm) are limited to 25 volunteers including at least 4-5 adults. Evening and weekend volunteer sessions do not have this group size restriction. A ratio of 1 adult for every 5 children still applies.