Volunteer

Looking to lend a helping hand? Here are the latest opportunities available at CCS-supported nonprofits:

Advancing the Community of Tomorrow (ACT) provides a safe haven for children (toddlers to teens) from many faiths, cultures, and economic backgrounds to gather, learn, play, and grow. They participate in a broad range of programs, supervised by highly trained and caring adults, to develop leadership and intellectual skills through hands-on experiences.

Responsibilities: Move any large boxes of documents that are no longer used, and that have to be stored or discarded.

Days and Times: Weekdays between 10:00am-5:00pm.

Special skills or requirements: No special qualifications are needed.

Contact: Marie Del Tejo, Executive Director or call 212-316-7530.

America SCORES New York Game Day

America SCORES New York serves as a driving force in promoting fair play, self-expression, commitment, and teamwork for youth in under-resourced communities in New York City. Through a combination of soccer, poetry, and service learning, their unique after-school program shines a spotlight on poet-athletes, helping them develop the skills necessary to lead successful lives off the field and outside the classroom.

Role: Game Day Volunteer

Responsibilities: America SCORES New York needs volunteers to set up, support, and breakdown equipment on soccer game days.

Location: West Harlem. Exact addresses will be provided.

Days and Times: Game Days are on every Thursday starting October 19, from 2:00pm to 5:00pm.

Special skills or requirements: Good, positive attitude.

ContactJohn Riordan, Director of Development

Arts & Minds provides art programming for people with dementia and their care partners. This is an excellent position for anyone interested in community organizing, public health, social work, medicine, arts in health and anyone interested in making the world a better place.

Role: Promote the work of Arts & Minds through 1) Community Outreach, and 2) Fundraising and Grant Research. They are also in need of a photographer for events at art museums and community centers. A digital SLR camera will be provided. 

Responsibilities: Arts & Minds needs especially need volunteers to staff information and outreach tables at community health fairs this summer. They also need help with grant research, fundraising and social media communications. The volunteer will promote the work of Arts & Minds to community members and potential participants. Work is both remote and in person. Tasks may involve crafting effective emails, placing announcements in community outlets, developing social media networks, telephone outreach, etc.  Creative ideas are welcome!

Days and Times: Flexible schedule.

Special skills or requirements: The successful candidate should have a warm, friendly demeanor that comes across in person and via telephone and email.  Excellent general communication skills and a passion for the well-being of older adults are required. 

Contact: Carolyn Halpin-Healy or call 646-873-0712.

Community Table

Broadway Community sets an abundant table, believing that everyone deserves justice, dignity, health, and wholeness. They serve nourishing food in a welcoming environment and provide shelter, clothing, showers, and medical care. They serve others – breaking down barriers of poverty, inequity, and privilege – until all are fed, in body and spirit.

Role: Food Pantry Volunteer

Responsibilities:

  • Help pack and distribute pantry packages to more than 40 participants of the pantry program.
  • Stock shelves.

Days and Times: Every Tuesday and Thursday from 12:00-5:00pm

Special skills or requirements:

  • Empathy, patience, and compassion.
  • The ability to stay calm in a fast-paced environment.
  • Must be a team player.
  • The ability to lift 30 pounds.

Contact: Nicolette Tartaglia, Director of Volunteer Services


Role: Food Prep Volunteer

Responsibilities: Assist the chef and sous chef with the preparation of food for guests.

Days and Times: Every Tuesday and Thursday from 1:00 to 5:00pm

Special skills or requirements:

  • Attention to detail and ability to follow instructions.
  • Ability to lift 30 pounds.
  • Sensible clothing is recommended.

Contact: Nicolette Tartaglia, Director of Volunteer Services.


Role: Soup Kitchen Volunteer

Responsibilities: Broadway Community needs volunteers to help prep bags for indoor guests who eat breakfast in the morning. Volunteers will also serve coffee, prep bags for takeout service, and act as waiters while serving lunch directly to indoor dining guests. Help is also needed with transporting food to the takeout area, cleaning the floors/counters, breaking down empty boxes, taking out the trash, and washing dishes.

  • Help prepare and distribute breakfast and lunch to guests at soup kitchen.
  • Work with the chef and other volunteers to create elements of the lunch menu.
  • Clean dishes and other working areas.
  • Take orders and wait tables for guests.

Days and Times: Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:30am to 2:00pm

Special skills or requirements:

  • Attention to detail and ability to follow instructions.
  • Ability to lift 30 pounds.
  • Sensible clothing is recommended.

Contact: Nicolette Tartaglia, Director of Volunteer Services

Cathedral Community Cares Clothing Closet

Cathedral Community Cares' (CCC) mission is to combat and alleviate poverty through preventive services, education, and advocacy, specifically targeting the issues of health and hunger. 

Role: Support the Cathedral Community Cares Clothing Closet

Responsibilities:  A volunteer is needed to assist with sorting and shelfing donations and assisting clients on shopping days.

Days and Times: Shopping days are Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9:30am -12:00pm. 

Special skills or requirements: Willingness to do occasional heavy lifting. Volunteers must be vaccinated. Spanish speaking helps but is not required.

Contact: Vanessa Greco, Outreach and Volunteer Coordinator, or call 212-316-7584

Common Denominator

Common Denominator's mission is to help in-need middle school students love math and build confidence through tutoring and mentor-ship. Our goal is to ensure that students identify with math, build confidence through math tutoring and mentor-ship, and develop a keen interest in math as it relates to the world around them.

Role: In-Person Math Tutor (Fall 2023)

Responsibilities:  The program focuses on core fundamentals, so tutors do not have to be a math genius to provide tutoring and mentor-ship. All materials sessions are uploaded in advance to the program hub to provide tutors with a chance to get familiarized with the weekly topic. The program also focuses on relationship building and social-emotional development. Students feel that they matter to their tutors both in session and in life. No experience is required trainings and professional development workshops will be provided.

Days and Times:  This program begins in October 2023 and is facilitated in person every Saturday for 90-minute intervals.

Special skills or requirements: Kindness, compassion, and patience.

Contact: Allison Price, Volunteer Coordinator

DOROT

DOROT alleviates social isolation among older adults and provides services to help them live independently as valued members of the community. They do this by bringing the generations together in a mutually beneficial partnership of elders, volunteers, and professionals.

Role: Friendly Visiting Volunteer

Responsibilities: DOROT’s Friendly Visiting program matches volunteers and older adults to form lasting friendships. Volunteers elect to make weekly home visits or monthly home visits with a monthly call. During the visits, volunteers and older adults share conversation, opinions, hobbies, walks in the neighborhood and other experiences. The DOROT social work team matches each older adult and volunteer pair, based upon mutual interests, availability and geographic convenience. Visits take place in seniors' homes, located on Manhattan’s East and West Sides and in Westchester. Volunteers and older adult participants are asked to make a one-year commitment to this program.

Days and Times: Friendly Visits are scheduled at mutually convenient times for volunteers and older adults.

Special skills or requirements: Enthusiasm for engaging with an older adult. Age 18+; two electronic references; background check; US Government issued photo ID. A commitment of 1 hour per week (in-person) or 1 hour every other week (in-person and phone check-in) for a minimum of 1 year.

Contact: [email protected]


Role: Card-making Volunteer

Responsibilities: DOROT distributes hundreds of cards each month as a way to socially connect with older adults that are feeling socially isolated. Volunteers will support this program by creating cards (ex. birthday cards, seasonal cards, etc.) that DOROT staff will address and mail to the older adult community. Details on how to create the cards will be sent to each volunteer. 

Days and Times: This project can be completed at any time and is great for both individuals and groups.

Special skills or requirements: There are no special requirements for this project.

Contact: [email protected]


Role: Legacy Project Volunteer

Responsibilities: Older adults engaged with DOROT have lived full and interesting lives. Help them share their beliefs and values, life lessons, hopes for the future and special memories, to ensure they will not be forgotten. Each Legacy Project Volunteer is matched with a senior to help gather and record their legacy stories in writing or through other media (video, audio tape, collage, etc.) as agreed upon. Most projects involve 3-4 interviews, either in person or by phone/video chat. Volunteers are also expected to spend time on their own creating a draft project and making revisions as requested by their senior pair.

Days and Times: Meetings are scheduled at mutually convenient times for volunteers and older adults.

Special skills or requirements: Good listening, conversational and writing skills. Photography, videography and/or design skills are also a plus. Ages 18+; 2 electronic references; background check; U.S. government issued photo ID. A commitment of approximately 15 hours for interviews and independent project work is typical.

Contact: [email protected]


Role: Response Team Volunteer

Responsibilities: The Response Team Volunteer will engage with and support DOROT seniors – when it fits your schedule. Response Team volunteers are notified when new opportunities arise. They make the decision about which opportunities meet their interests and availability. Typical requests include: reading aloud; organizing paperwork or mail; taking neighborhood walks; running errands; and calling or visiting to celebrate a birthday.

Days and Times: Volunteers receive regular emails and sign up for the opportunities that are convenient.

Special skills or requirements: Ages 18+; two electronic references; background check; US Government issued photo ID. Volunteers are asked to commit to a minimum of 8 activities in 6 months.

Contact: [email protected]


Role: Tech Coach

Responsibilities: Ensuring that older adults can cross the digital divide has never been more important. As a tech volunteer, you will support and guide late tech adopters 1:1 as they learn how to stay in touch with friends and loved ones, access information and learn tech skills. The ideal volunteer is patient, comfortable with computers, tablets and/or smartphones, and enthusiastic about helping older people. DOROT provides orientation and training. No special expertise is required. Coaching may take place in person in Manhattan or via phone/video chat.

Days and Times: Coaching sessions are scheduled at mutually convenient times for volunteers and older adults.

Special skills or requirements: Comfort with technology and patience. Age 18+; two electronic references; background check; US Government issued photo ID. A commitment of 1 hour per week for a minimum of 6 months.

Contact: [email protected]

Harlem Wellness Center

Harlem Wellness Center's mission is to close the health gap through access to innovative holistic wellness programs that empower individuals, strengthen communities, and create environments where all can connect, heal and thrive. HWC promotes and advocates for health and racial justice.

Role: Graphic Designer (remote position)

Responsibilities: 

  • Project based
  • Design, graphics, layouts for flyers, posters, campaigns

Days and Times: 

  • Immediate start date.
  • Volunteer works on their own schedule to meet agreed upon project deadlines.
  • Maximum of 5 hours per month.

Special skills or requirements: 

  • Excellent IT skills
  • Experience using design and photo-editing software. Abreast of the latest trends
  • Typography
  • Excellent time management and organizational skills
  • Accuracy and attention to detail

Contact: Vivan Williams-Kurutz, Founder

The Legal Outreach educational program serves low-income, mostly minority, and/or first generation urban youth from under-served neighborhoods in New York City. The law-based curriculum focuses on providing students with the necessary tools to achieve at a high academic level and gain the confidence and social skills to pursue their professional goals. The goal is to provide social and academic support to students so they can matriculate to competitive colleges and pursue their career interests.

Role: Virtual Grammar Tutor

Responsibilities: Virtual Grammar Tutors will support students in tackling their Legal Outreach Freshmen Grammar Homework. Students are required to meet with their tutor to work through the required reading, identify grammar rules and produce examples for each rule.

Days and Times: Each tutor should be available twice a week between Monday and Thursday from 4:30-7:30pm or at an agreed upon time that works for the student and tutor.

Special skills or requirements: Volunteers should have strong interpersonal skills, and a willingness to work with students who are struggling academically. General grasp of the English Grammar is sufficient as the tutor would get a brief training and will have to use the grammar book assigned to the student.

Contact: Massiel Ramos, Managing Director of Program Operations


Role: Virtual Math Tutor

Responsibilities: Virtual Math Tutors will support students in tackling high school math course work of Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry and/or Calculus classes.  Tutors will work with students to complete homework assignments and prepare for upcoming quizzes and exams.

Days and Times: Each tutor should be available twice a week between Monday and Thursday from 4:30-7:30pm for at least 2 hours.

Special skills or requirements: Volunteers should have strong interpersonal skills, a strong grasp of the subject matter (at least one), and willingness to work with students who are struggling academically.

Contact: Massiel Ramos, Managing Director of Program Operations


Role: Virtual Science Tutor

Responsibilities: Virtual Science Tutors will support students in tackling high school science course work of Earth Science, Living Environment, Chemistry and/or Physics classes.  Tutors will work with students to complete homework assignments and prepare for upcoming quizzes and exams.

Days and Times: Each tutor should be available twice a week between Monday and Thursday from 4:30-7:30pm for at least 2 hours.

Special skills or requirements: Volunteers should have strong interpersonal skills, a strong grasp of the subject matter, and willingness to work with students who are struggling academically.

Contact: Massiel Ramos, Managing Director of Program Operations

 

 

Lifeforce In Later Years

Lifeforce In Later Years (L.i.L.Y) is helping to change the tide for frail elders, many living alone, who often face dire challenges when families aren’t available.

Role: Friendly Visitor and Virtual Helper

Responsibilities: Help home-bound seniors

Days and Times: Flexible schedule

Special skills or requirements: Fully vaccinated volunteers are needed to pay friendly visits, take a walk with a senior, run an errand, or escort a senior to a doctor visit. Technology skills are helpful as many seniors are struggling to use a smartphone, Zoom, FaceTime, etc. Seniors can benefit from technical support in person or over the phone. Spanish speaking is also helpful as some seniors are monolingual Spanish speakers.

Contact: Paula Seefeldt, Program Director or call 646-734-0182.

National Dance Institute

National Dance Institute's mission is to provide children with joyful, participatory dance and music classes that support their physical health, social-emotional well-being, and intellectual development. Professional careers in dance are not our end-goal; instead, dance and music are the vehicles for connection, self-discovery, and personal and collective growth.

Role: Prospect Research Volunteer

Responsibilities: 

  • Conduct research to determine if private businesses, public corporations, and philanthropic foundations are a good potential funding source for NDI.
  • Organize research to create prospect profiles.

Days and Times: At volunteer’s convenience.

Special skills or requirements: Access to internet and personal laptop (if planning to work in the center).

Contact: Sophie Wang, Institutional Giving Coordinator


Role: Music Artist Volunteer 

Responsibilities

  • Help with the transfer, upload and download of video archive footage to back up drives.
  • Help create procedures for backup, catalog and storage of archival footage.

Days and Times: Flexible between 9:00am -5:00pm, Monday through Friday at the National Dance Institute (217 West 147th Street, New York, NY 10039). 

Special skills or requirements: Basic knowledge of data management, archival procedures, and computer use. 

Contact: Sophie Wang, Institutional Giving Coordinator

NY Common Pantry

New York Common Pantry fights hunger and food insecurity through programs that establish long-term independence for its clients.

Mobile Pantry

Responsibilities: Volunteers are needed at New York Common Pantry's new Hub in Hunts Point, Bronx to pick and pack bags of fresh produce and shelf-stable foods for their Mobile Pantry Program. NYCP’s Pantry-on-Wheels serves as many families as their brick-and-mortar location in Harlem.

Location: 1285 Oak Point Avenue, Bronx, NY 10474

Days and Times: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 10:00am to 1:30pm. All Hub volunteer opportunities can be found here: volunteerHub

Special skills or requirements: Volunteers must be able to stand for 3.5 hours while lifting 30lb bags of groceries. Please wear comfortable clothing and shoes.

Contact: Erin WilliamsVolunteer Manager


Role: Harlem Hot Meals

Responsibilities: Volunteers assist our on-site chef with the preparation and serving of his nutritious hot meals. Other volunteers may pack cold lunches. 

Location: 8 East 109th Street, New York, NY 10029

Days and Times: All Hot Meals volunteer opportunities can be found here: volunteerHub 
Monday through Friday.

Special skills or requirements: Volunteers must be able to stand for 3.5 hours while lifting 30lb bags of groceries. Please wear comfortable clothing and shoes.

Contact: Erin WilliamsVolunteer Manager


Role: Bronx and Harlem Choice Pantries

Responsibilities: Volunteers are called upon to assemble packages of produce and shelf-stable foods for clients who are experiencing food insecurity. 

Days and Times: All Choice Pantry volunteer opportunities can be found here: volunteerHub. Help is needed in the Bronx: Tuesday through Saturday, and in Harlem, Monday through Saturday.

Special skills or requirements: Volunteers must be able to stand for 3.5 hours while lifting 30lb bags of groceries. Please wear comfortable clothing and shoes.

Contact: Erin Williams, Volunteer Manager

Riverside Hawks Leadership Academy

The goal of the Riverside Hawks Leadership Academy is to prepare young students in grades 5-8 for high school, through Positive Youth Development Experiences with a focus on Social and Emotional Learning.

Role: Leadership Academy Aide

Responsibilities: Volunteers will assist staff and tutors by recording attendance, helping middle school students with homework, test prep, activities such as debate, and board game tournaments, and other education-related needs, as they arise. 

Days and Times: Tuesday, Wednesday and/or Thursday from 4:00 -7:00pm

Special skills or requirements: No special skills or requirements required.

Contact: Andy Destin Program Coordinator and Director of Operations Christopher Snell

Riverside Language Program

Riverside Language Program offers free English classes to documented, recently-arrived immigrants, asylees and refugee adults currently living in New York City.

Role: Language Lab Volunteer

Responsibilities: Language Lab Volunteers are conversation partners for the ESL students. They help facilitate conversations with English Language learners in small, informal groups.  This helps students gain confidence and fluency as they learn English.  The conversation topics are about every day topics. 

Days and Times: Labs take place Monday through Friday for one and half hours.

Special skills or requirements: No special skills are needed. However, all volunteers must attend an orientation session.

Contact: Lynda Metmer , Office Manager

SNACK

The mission of SNACK* (Special Needs Activity Center for Kids and *Adults) is to fill a void for children, teens, and young adults with autism and other developmental disabilities by providing unique programs designed and staffed to address their needs. SNACK* also provides vocational training and supported employment opportunities and welcomes those with physical disabilities, verbal and non-verbal language abilities, across all socio-economic, race, and ethnic backgrounds. 

Role: SNACK* Visual Aid Warrior

Responsibilities:  SNACK* Visual Aid Warriors help create and post visual aid materials throughout SNACK*s facilities.  These visual aid materials will help assist the non-verbal population of kids we serve on the Autism Spectrum with daily activities, i.e. making requests through use of visual support and assist them to find and put away items independently.  

Days and Times:  Weekdays 10:00am-4:00pm

Special skills or requirements: Requirements include taking photographs with cameras/iPhones; creating sign on computers; laminating and posting all of the materials.

Contact: Email Katie Coombs, Program Director & Facility Manager


Role: SNACK* 21+ Program Volunteer

Responsibilities:  SNACK* 21+ Program Volunteer help with class set up and shut down, assemble supplies so lead teachers can run classes without interruption, light cleaning, take pictures of programming, model tasks for members, and give praise/encouragement.

Days and Times: Weekdays 9:00am-3:00pm

Special skills or requirements: Smile and have fun! Your positive energy will influence the energy of others around you.

Contact: Katie Coombs, Program Director & Facility Manager


Role:  SNACK* Snacktivities Program Volunteer

Responsibilities:  SNACK* Snacktivities Program Volunteer responsibilities include helping with class set up and shut down, assembling supplies so lead teachers can run classes without interruption, light cleaning, take pictures of programming, model tasks for members, and give praise/encouragement.

Days and Times: Weekends 10:00am-3:00pm

Special skills or requirements: Smile and have fun! Your positive energy will influence the energy of others around you.

Contact: Katie Coombs, Program Director & Facility Manager

The Community Initiatives of NY (TCIONY)

The Community Initiatives of NY (TCIONY) is a team of activist consisting of business owners, judges, officers, therapist, religious leaders, credible messengers and psychologist all committed to the emotional and mental health of the community in which they serve.

Role: Bookkeeper

Responsibilities: Volunteer will help input Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR) into QuickBooks and reconcile monthly.

Days and Times: One to two days per week. Flexible hours.

Special skills or requirements: Must have some knowledge of QuickBooks.

Contact: Janet Cohen, Program Director

The Meeting House

The Meeting House (TMH) inspires social and emotional development through community and connection. They strive to provide a smaller and gentler social environment where children can thrive and be part of a community that they might not find elsewhere.

Role: Social Media Intern

Responsibilities: Create and share content-driven posts for Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn that showcases the importance of social and emotional intelligence and explains why skill-building around Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is impactful and helpful.  Use TMH's existing Blogs and Insights & Awakenings articles to educate a growing audience and build engagement with new and existing followers.

Days and Times: Flexible

Special skills or requirements: Expertise on social media required. Interest in mental health, child development and/or the SEL field a plus.

Contact: Olga Daniel, Administrator

The Morningside Players

The Morningside Players (TMP) is a Collective Performing Arts Company dedicated to presenting an affordable theater of vibrant new work and classic plays to our Morningside Heights/Manhattanville community.

Role: Stage Manager

Responsibilities: The Stage Manager will run the sound and light board console during shows and all cues needed. Check props, actors, etc. Attendance may be needed at most rehearsals.

Days and Times: Performances are usually held on weekends, Thursdays at 7:30pm, Fridays at 5:00 pm, Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00pm for three weekends in a row.  Rehearsals are usually evenings and weekends, with some flexibility.

Special skills or requirements: Computer savvy with Mac, comfortable with theater atmosphere and needs.

Contact: Susanna Frazer, Artistic Director


Role: Graphic Artist

Responsibilities: Help create posters, flyers and publicity artwork for productions.

Days and Times: Very flexible.

Special skills or requirements: Graphic and theatrical design skills.

Contact: Susanna Frazer, Artistic Director


Role: Props Master

Responsibilities: The Props Master will find and maintain theatrical props for stage productions.

Days and Times: Flexible

Special skills or requirements: Sense of period, the play’s “world” and the items that would be in that world.

Contact: Susanna Frazer, Artistic Director


Role: Marketing 

Responsibilities: The Marketing volunteer will create online content and strategies for reaching audiences; maintain a database of audience emails.

Days and Times: Flexible and can be mostly remote.

Special skills or requirements: Microsoft Mail Merge, social media savvy, FaceBook, Survey Monkey, and familiarity with websites.

Contact: Susanna Frazer, Artistic Director

The Reading Team

The Reading Team helps young children at high risk of reading failure to become strong and enthusiastic readers, writers, listeners, and speakers and to develop the skills, habits, and enjoyment of reading that will support their success in school and in life. Since opening its doors in 2001, they have helped more than 13,000 children achieve substantial and lasting academic progress.

Role: Fundraising Researcher

Responsibilities: The Reading Team seeks a volunteer with an interest in nonprofit fundraising and strategy to prepare brief research reports on potential foundation funders, as well as to undertake research on individuals who may be interested in supporting our work as donors and/or board members.

Days and Times: This work can be done remotely and according to the volunteer's schedule.

Special skills or requirements:  This would be a suitable volunteer role for someone with previous experience doing research online. We seek a volunteer with clear and accurate writing who knows how to work in a spreadsheet such as Excel or Google Sheets.

Contact: David Marion, Director of Institutional Giving


Role: Digital Communications Manager

Responsibilities: Develop a social-media calendar and posts for the Reading Team on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Monitor and respond as needed to posts on our social channels. Engage on social media with other individuals and brands who promote reading, literacy, early-childhood education. 

Days and Times: Flexible; option to work in our office or remotely. 

Special skills or requirements: The ideal volunteer is an experienced user of social media with excellent writing/spelling/grammar. Previous experience planning and posting on behalf of a brand is helpful; familiarity with Squarespace is a plus but not essential. 

Contact: David Marion, Director of Institutional Giving

West Side Campaign Against Hunger (WSCAH)

West Side Campaign Against Hunger (WSCAH) is on a mission to alleviate hunger by ensuring that all New Yorkers have access with dignity to a choice of healthy food and supportive services. Food insecurity is pervasive in NYC, affecting people in every borough. They believe that all people, regardless of income, should have access to the same quality options available in any supermarket, for free.

Role: Volunteer Support for Front-Line Operations

Responsibilities: Volunteers will support the work of West Side Campaign Against Hunger (WSCAH) through helping with frontline operational needs. The role will be in-person, hands-on and participants can expect to become introduced to the ways in which WSCAH is able to serve its community.

  • Distributing food to the community: Volunteers will distribute packaged bags of healthy food and fresh produce to WSCAH’s customers on the sidewalk of 86th Street. Volunteers will be standing on concrete under tents in the same general spot for the entire shift, and should feel comfortable interacting with the public. Spanish proficiency is helpful, but not necessary.
  • Setting up WSCAH’s onsite distribution: Volunteers will help set up tents, tables and move food from the inside of the church to the sidewalk of 86thStreet for the day’s distribution. Once the distribution is set up, volunteers may assist with repackaging bulk bakery items into individual household bags. Volunteers should feel comfortable lifting around 20 pounds and working on their feet for the entire shift.
  • Unloading food deliveries: Volunteers will manually break down palletized food deliveries on the sidewalk of 86th Street, use carts to bring product(s) inside the church and store food in the correct areas, as designated by WSCAH staff. This is a very physically labor-intensive role and folks should sign up for this project only if they are comfortable continuously lifting 15-30 pounds, up to 50 pounds at times, maneuvering carts loaded with roughly 500 pounds of product with the assistance of a partner and working on their feet for the entire shift. ​​​
  • Packing food bags: Volunteers will work in an indoor environment, either by themselves or as part of a small team to assemble individual household food bags of fresh produce and/or shelf-stable food products. Volunteers should feel comfortable performing the same task repeatedly, using hand/finger dexterity, lifting around 15 pounds and working on their feet for the entire shift.

Days and Times: 

  • Distributing food to the community:
    • Tuesday-Friday: 8:30-10:45am
    • Tuesday-Friday: 10:45am -1:00pm
  • Setting up WSCAH’s onsite distribution:
    • Tuesday-Friday: 7:00-9:00am
  • Unloading food deliveries:
    • Monday-Friday: 9:00 -11:00am
    • Monday: 11:00am-1:00pm
  • Packing food bags:
    • Monday-Friday: 9:00 -11:00am
    • Monday-Thursday: 11:00am-1:00pm

Special skills or requirements: Spanish proficiency helpful for “Distributing Food Bags” but not required by any means.

Contact: Email Steven Yee, Volunteer Coordinator, if interested.