Please note: All food bank roles are at our Wallingford location.
Supermarket Saturday Food Drives are back!
Our food drives are a very important way to stock our Food Bank. The event involves interacting with shoppers and informing them of the non-perishable foods the Food Bank needs. Donations are then gratefully collected.
When: The fourth Saturday of the month from 10 am to 1 pm, in one-hour shifts.
Where: Wallingford QFC, 1801 N 45th St.
Spanish playgroup helper
Our Spanish playgroup is so successful and busy, our staff need a little extra help! We are looking for a Spanish speaking volunteer to help prep for playgroup, lend a hand during playgroup and then there’s the clean-up after. This volunteer role is at our Family Resource Center in the Roosevelt neighborhood.
Volunteer qualifications:
- Spanish speaking
- Over 18 years of age
- Comfortable working with a diverse community of families and caregivers in-person and must love kids
- Ability to be relational, empathetic and patient
- Willing to learn about FamilyWorks to help answer questions and happy to refer participants to staff for further resources
Availability: Tuesdays 9:30-12, weekly commitment
Food Bank volunteers
We are looking for two extra weekly volunteers in our food bank. Tuesdays: tasks will include preparing food bags and boxes for delivery and other food bank set-up tasks. Wednesdays: close down tasks and starting the preparations for Thursday deliveries
Availability: Weekly shifts, Tuesdays 9-11 and Wednesdays 11-2
Home delivery volunteer
We would like to add another route to our home food delivery program. This volunteer would be delivering food to one location in North Seattle using their own transport. Volunteer would need to have an SUV or larger.
Availability: Weekly on Wednesdays, picking up bags from the food bank at 11:30
Mobile Food Pantry distribution volunteers
Help pack the mobile pantry, head out with a staff member to our outreach site, assist distribution and then pack up and back to the food bank.
Volunteer qualifications:
- Over 18 years of age
- Able to lift 25 pounds and agile enough to get in and out of the mobile pantry
- Comfortable working with a diverse community of participants in person
- Patient, empathetic and good customer service skills
Availability: From October: 1st & 3rd Tuesday 12:30-4 pm; 2nd & 4th Tuesday 12:30-3 pm
Gift entry & donor relations volunteer
Our development department are looking for some help with data entry, gift processing and donor acknowledgement tasks. This is office based at our Family Resource Center in the Roosevelt neighborhood.
Volunteer qualifications:
- Comfort with basic computer office tasks (email, Word, etc.)
- Willingness to learn how to process gifts and donor acknowledgments
- High degree of sensitivity and comfort with confidential information
Availability: 2-3 hour shift per week within 10 am-4 pm time frame either Tuesdays or Thursdays
On-call Food Bank volunteer roles
If you need more flexibility in your schedule, we have a variety of on-call volunteer positions available. These volunteers provide cover if our regular volunteers are unavailable. On-call volunteer roles include:
- Food rescue (driver and helper roles)
- Set-up, distribution, and participant intake
- Mobile Food Pantry helper
- Home delivery driver
Availability: Volunteer shifts are Tuesday-Friday, ranging from 8-3 pm or 8-6pm on Thursdays. After initial onboarding, we use online sign-up sheets for easy self-assignment. To find the right on-call role for you, contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Kat Johnson.
Reading Buddies
Encourage and support a love of books by reading with elementary students. Reading Buddies runs while school is in session at Cedar Crossing in the Roosevelt neighborhood.
Volunteers must be over 18 years old.
Availability: Email Kat to express interest in volunteering for the 24/25 academic year.