Volunteers: Help Wanted!

Group Opportunities

In the past several years, corporations such as The Hartford, Bank of America, Trinity College, and UnitedHealthcare (to name just a few) have established meaningful partnerships with Foodshare. Corporate volunteer and community groups have done everything from harvesting crops in farmers' fields to sorting produce at the Regional Market to organizing Walk teams. Learn more on how your company or organization can make a difference in the fight against hunger!

Office Assistant

Help is needed to enter data, file paperwork, prepare mailings, and make follow-up phone calls. Attention to detail is critical. Shifts are available weekdays between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at the Bloomfield office.

Produce Sorting

Volunteers are needed to inspect and repack fresh produce at the Regional Market in Hartford on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Fridays from 8:30 to noon, and Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Join us as often as you like. No minimum commitment.

Hunger 101: An Introduction to Food Insecurity

This role-play and discussion activity is designed to increase awareness and understanding of hunger and its many causes in our community. Hunger 101 simulates the challenges of feeding a family on a limited budget. It's a fun, interactive approach to learning about hunger in our towns.

Speaker's Bureau

Do you like to speak in front of small groups or crowds? Volunteers make presentations to community organizations, schools, and congregations throughout the year, and are in special demand during the holidays. Speakers are required to attend a training/orientation session.

Special Events

Volunteers are needed to help at promotions, concerts, receptions, and issue-specific events such as:

The Walk Against Hunger (May)
Turkey and a Twenty (November)
and others throughout the year.

Volunteers greet attendees, register participants, and take donations. Volunteers also represent Foodshare at community functions such as volunteer fairs, food shows, and Expo events.

Warehouse

Opportunities include loading food on and off trucks, organizing donations on the warehouse floor, sorting food, and performing light maintenance duties. Volunteers are needed during the weekday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Professional Skills

All kinds of skills are needed and welcome at Foodshare, especially photography, graphic design, and consulting/training.

Food Reclamation

Volunteers are needed to inspect and sort damaged cans, packages of nonperishable food products, and meat. A two-hour training session is required to teach volunteers how to determine which products are safe for consumption.

2009 Class Schedule:

May 11 (Mon), 1-3pm / May 12 (Tues), 1-3pm / May 13 (Wed), 5-7pm
July 20 (Mon), 1-3pm / July 21 (Tues), 1-3pm / July 22 (Wed), 5-7pm
Oct 12 (Mon), 1-3pm / Oct 13 (Tues), 1-3pm / Oct 14 (Wed), 5-7pm

Due to the training involved, Foodshare asks that Reclamation volunteers make a weekly commitment for a minimum of six months.

Willing to help? Great! Use our Volunteer Information Request form and let us know.