Boston Food Bank Volunteer Opportunities

Ceo and president of greater boston food bank catherine d amato told boston in an interview that she thinks hunger is a solvable problem so by volunteering or even donating food here you can be a.

Boston food bank volunteer opportunities.

The greater boston food bank gbfb is the largest hunger relief organization in new england and among the largest food banks in the country. Help your neighbors feed their families. Whether you re an individual group or company there are many opportunities to volunteer. By 2013 our objective is to distribute enough food to provide at least one meal a day to those in need.

Greater boston food bank covid 19 volunteering. Boston cares is partnering with gbfb to provide centralized volunteer recruitment and coordination to meet the emerging needs of our network of partner hunger relief agencies including food pantries community meal programs and other food assistance providers throughout the nine counties and 190 towns and cities across eastern massachusetts. The greater boston food bank s mission is to end hunger in eastern massachusetts. Last year volunteers gave over 4 998 hours the equivalent of almost eight months worth of work to wcfb.

Give time by volunteering your time is a gift to hungry kids seniors and others who may not have enough to eat. Boston cares is partnering with the greater boston food bank to provide centralized volunteer recruitment and coordination to meet the emerging needs of our network of partner hunger relief agencies including food pantries community meal programs and other food assistance providers throughout the nine counties and 190 towns and cities across eastern massachusetts. Our group and families for impact volunteering opportunities are temporarily suspended due to the covid 19 crisis and public health recommendations related to large gatherings. Here are some things you might do as a volunteer.

Volunteers at the greater boston food bank play a critical role in helping to end hunger in eastern massachusetts and their role is even more critical now given the covid 19 crisis. Volunteers are needed to pick up and unload food from the greater boston food bank and panera bread to sort and distribute food and to organize food drives. Assisting at mobile pantries and no contact distributions. Pick up food from panera bread every tuesday night.

Volunteers produce the equivalent of a meal a minute while helping the houston food bank sort process and pack food. Pick up food from the greater boston food bank the third monday of each month from 10 30 a m. Volunteers help sort and inspect donated food assist our partner agency representatives to locate the items they need for their programs and sometimes even help out around the office.