Volunteer
Help put food on the table for people in need.
The Holly Springs Food Cupboard is a 100% volunteer organization! Everyone working at the Food Cupboard is a volunteer, including our board of directors and all our hands-on shelf stockers, food organizers, bag fillers, food distributors, maintenance workers, gardeners, planners, phone answerers, record keepers, website developers, and more.
We help community partners with food drives, fundraising activities, food pick-ups, and awareness outreach. We manage the monetary donations that come in, pay bills for our Cupboard home, and acknowledge our generous donors.
Many, many, volunteers allow all this to happen.
The Food Cupboard relies entirely on the local community to support our mission.
Volunteers are a diverse range of individuals who help out in many different ways. You must be at least age 18 to help inside the Food Cupboard. If you are younger, you can volunteer in the food garden or help organize a food drive.
Ways to Help
Always Needed
For Groups & Individuals
Holding a food drive, sponsoring a shelf, or volunteering in the garden are excellent options for volunteering as a group. Plus, all activities can be completed to fulfill community service hours!
For Individuals Only
Individuals perform key tasks, both inside and outside the Cupboard! At the moment, all of our volunteer spots are full, but we would be glad to add you to our waiting list and reach out as soon as opportunities open up. After completing the online volunteer sign up form, a representative from the Food Cupboard will contact you to get you started and answer any questions. In the meantime, food drives and donations are always needed and are a fantastic way to help.
For individuals under age 18, current opportunities for volunteering include working in the garden and holding a food drive.
Ways Volunteers Serve with the Cupboard
Delivery Drivers
Thursdays, 1-2 p.m.
Delivery drivers use their own vehicles to take food to clients who are unable to reach the Cupboard due to health or transportation issues. Deliveries are limited to a geographic area that allows the task to be completed in approximately 1 hour.
Distributions
Mondays, Noon-4:30 p.m., and Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Help set up for distributing food to clients, carry bags/boxes to client vehicles, and clean up after distribution.
Food Recovery
Food recovery volunteers collect donations from corporate partners and transport the donations to the Cupboard, weigh them in, log and store them.
Sorting & Packing
Mondays, 9-11 a.m., and Thursdays, noon-5 p.m.
Help accept donations, sort and organize food, pack bags, and stock shelves.
Transportation
Transportation volunteers help collect donations from drop off sites and food drives and transport them to the Cupboard.