Volunteer Positions
Food Stocker/sorter
Tuesday and Thursday from 1:00pm-4:00 PM
Help us to sort non-parishable food items using the SWAP system. (Serving Wellness at Food Pantries) is a system that helps categories food items in categories ranging from most healthiest to least healthiest. Volunteers are required to attend training session.
Client Laison
Help clients choose healthy foods during thier pantry visit. Answer question about our food pantry. Help us conduct surveys, shopping cart assessments, recruit and enroll clients to various workshops and programs. This volunteer position welcomes bi-lingual volunteers.
Warehouse Helper
Monday and Friday 11am-12noon
Do you have experience in logistics? Warehouse, Inventory maintenance? You are a perfect fit to help us on truck delivery days! Lend us a hand to move pallets of food in our warehouse and stock inventory according to LIFO/FIFO rules.
Volunteers: Must be able to lift at least 50 lbs.
Skilled Volunteers:
Client Intake/Registration- Tuesday and Thursday from 2pm-4pm, occational Wednesdays.
Help us record client visits in our software system, during food distribution hours. This position is ideal for volunteers who can commit to consistent hours of service. Volunteers for this position are required to attend trainings.
Marketing and Communications- Help us with various marketing activities like creating content for social media, designing promotional materials, managing email campaigns, supporting event planning, and potentially managing website updates
Translation services- Help us bride the language gap by helping us to translate flyers, forms and other documents. Serve as an interpretor during workshops. Bangla and Arabic speakig volunteers needed.
Get started on your volunteer journey!
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Step 1:
We ask all volunteers visit our new volunteer orientation page and watch our food safety, cultural competency and SWAP training videos.
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StEP 2
Please use this sign up genius link to select dates/times
Visit our Sign up Genius Page to select a date and time to volunteer.
Fundraiser-Fowling for food
Volunteer for an Event or Fundraiser
You can support our mission by volunteering for an event or fundraiser.
Holiday Events
Easter food distribution
Thanksgiving food distribution
Santa Toy Shop
Food Drive
Kroger and Gleaners' joint collaborative event, Bringing Hope to the Table, is always held a weekend in January. Volunteers are needed on the Saturday and Sunday at each Kroger store assigned to Detroit Friendship House. Several shifts are set up throughout both days, and we generally use up to 30 volunteers.
Hope on the Table (Kroger/Gleaners food drive)
Weekend Event-hosted off-site at Kroger location
Three shifts are available on Saturday and Sunday