Volunteer as an Individual or Family

How to Get Started as a New Volunteer

Step 1: Create a Volunteer Profile online.

Step 2: Watch our volunteer orientation video and safety video to learn about volunteer opportunities and how to keep yourself, others, and our food safe!

  • Volunteering with your family? We require each family member to have their own separate profile, regardless of age. You may use the same email address for multiple family members’ profiles, but please create unique usernames for each individual.

Step 3: Schedule your first volunteer shift.

  • View the calendar of open shifts to sign up for an opportunity. You may alternate between list or calendar view.

  • Click on a particular date to view a list of available shifts and tasks. Please read descriptions carefully to check for age requirements, lifting restrictions, and other important details.

  • When you’re ready to commit to a shift, click, “Sign Up.”

Age Eligibility

We accept volunteers ages 12+ years, with proper adult supervision. Families looking to volunteer with children under 16 years of age should sign up for “Daily Warehouse Activities” and other seasonal opportunities like “Family Volunteer Days” or fund and food drive events. Remember to sign each member of your family up in their own separate profile.

Chaperone Requirements

Children ages 12-15 must have an adult chaperone with them; we require at least 1 adult for every 3 children. Ages 16+ can volunteer independently.

Schedule & Tasks

Volunteer shifts for individuals and families are offered on weekdays between 8:00 AM and 3:30 PM. We have many tasks for volunteers to choose from: please see below for detailed descriptions.

Location

Community Food Share’s warehouse is located in the Colorado Technology Center in Louisville: 650 S. Taylor Avenue, Louisville, CO. We also offer offsite volunteer opportunities in Boulder, Broomfield, Lafayette, and Longmont (see below).

Volunteer Activities for Individuals & Families

Sort dry and canned goods for emergency relief, or support other warehouse activities like restocking shelves, repackaging food, and helping us maintain a clean, food-safe facility.

Where: Community Food Share
Shift Lengths: 3 hours
When: Weekdays, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, 12:00 PM-3:00 PM

Assist in local gardens to cultivate, maintain, and harvest fresh vegetables to be donated to Community Food Share and our partner agencies. Activities vary, based on gardens’ needs, but can include hand and tool weeding, planting seeds, transplanting seedlings, and harvesting vegetables, as well as general garden set-up and maintenance.

Age restrictions vary by site. All volunteers must have completed an orientation before attending any Garden Share events.

Where: Garden sites throughout Boulder
Shift Length: 2-4 hours
When: Weekday mornings — please contact the Volunteer Department at (303) 652-3663 for an up-to-date schedule as these opportunities are weather dependent

Work directly on farms in Boulder and Broomfield Counties to harvest excess produce. Interested volunteers are “on-call” as gleaning opportunities become available at short notice. Age restrictions vary by site. All volunteers must have completed an orientation before attending any Garden Share events.

Where: Farms throughout Boulder County
Shift Length: 2-4 hours
When: Weekday and weekend shifts available — please contact the Volunteer Department at (303) 525-3491 for an up-to-date schedule as these opportunities are weather dependent

Volunteer Activities for Individuals

Assist our Partner Agencies as they collect food for their pantries. This activity requires training and includes working with our computer inventory program.

Where: Community Food Share
Shift Length: 2 hours
When: Mon-Wed, 9:00 AM-11:00 AM or Wed, 11:00 AM-2:00 PM

Assist participants in our onsite pantry, Feeding Families, by sorting, restocking, and organizing foods. This is an excellent opportunity to directly serve our participants. Requires some bending and lifting (30-40 lbs). Ages 13 years and up. Must be 16+ years or older to volunteer without a parent/chaperone.

Where: Community Food Share
Shift Length: 2.5 hours
When: Wed, Thurs, & Fri, 8:30 AM-11:00 AM, 10:45 AM-1:15 PM, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM

Greet participants and assist with check-in. This activity requires training and includes computer work. Do you speak Spanish? Your assistance would be especially helpful with this activity, though it’s certainly not required!

Where: Community Food Share
Shift Length: 3 hours
When: Wed, Thurs, & Fri, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM and 12:00-3:00 PM

Greet guests and answer phone calls while performing other office tasks. This opportunity requires training and additional commitments. Do you speak Spanish? Your assistance would be especially helpful with this activity, though it’s certainly not required!

Where: Community Food Share
Shift Length: 3 hours
When: Weekdays, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM or 12:00 PM-3:00 PM and as needed

Our mobile pantries bring fresh produce, dairy, non-perishables, and bakery items to outdoor locations. Assist with the set-up and help visitors collect food. Requires some bending and lifting (30-40 lbs). Do you speak Spanish? Your assistance would be especially helpful with this activity, though it’s certainly not required! Must be at least 16 years old.

Where: Offsite
Shift Length: 2-5 hours
When: 1-2 shifts/month — please contact our volunteer department for an up-to-date schedule

Prepare food orders for delivery to our Partner Agencies. Volunteers work in a small team to build pallets of product. Requires some bending and lifting (30-40 lbs). Must be at least 16 years old.

Where: Community Food Share
Shift Length: 2-5 hours
When: Weekdays, 8:00 AM-1:00 PM

Transport food from our warehouse to seniors in Boulder, Broomfield, Lafayette, and Longmont; assist shoppers; or deliver food directly to homebound seniors. We are specifically looking for volunteers who can make a six-month commitment for two shifts per month. Participant check-in volunteers require additional training.

Where: Offsite
Shift Length: 2-5 hours
When: 1-2 shifts/month — please contact our volunteer department for an up-to-date schedule

Our ongoing tasks include nutritional programming and education, translation services, and on-call delivery drivers. We also have special event opportunities including our annual food drives — volunteer for Hunger Hurts Fund & Food Drive in the spring or Let’s Bag Hunger Fund & Food Drive in the fall.

Questions?

Please call (303) 652-3663, or email volunteers@communityfoodshare.org to speak with a member of our volunteer department.