Check out the volunteer opportunities for Northern California below:

Tracy Interfaith Ministries

We provide food, clothing, and emergency resources to low-income families and individuals in Tracy, CA.

Address:  311 W. Grant Line Rd. Tracy, CA 95376

Website: www.tracyinterfaith.org

How to Sign Up: We require an application at which can be done online at: https://tracyinterfaith.dm.networkforgood.com/forms/volunteer-application

Bay Area Rescue Mission

Since 1965, we are able to put into action LOVE WITHOUT LIMITS to those in great need of our community through providing emergency shelter, meals, recovery programs, spiritual counseling, education, job skills training and transitional services, youth intervention, food pantry and community outreach.

Address: 2114 Macdonald Avenue, Richmond CA, 94806

Website: https://www.bayarearescue.org/

How to Sign Up: Creating an account on our website; https://www.bayarearescue.org/get-involved/volunteer/

Second Harvest of Silicon Valley

Our mission is to lead our community to ensure that anyone who needs a healthy meal can get one. Our volunteers, donors and supporters help us provide food to families, multi-generational households, seniors and college students. We offer more than just nourishment, we are helping people in our own community feel a little more secure and find joy in the pleasure of cooking and sharing a meal with loved ones.

Address:  4001 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95134

Website: https://www.shfb.org/give-help/volunteer/

How to Sign Up: Register to volunteer at https://www.shfb.org/give-help/volunteer/ or contact our Volunteer Engagement Team at 408.266.8866 ext. 150.

Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano

The Food Bank serves approximately 270,000 people in need every month and distributed over 33 million pounds of food last year, more than half of it fresh produce. Our administrative overhead and fundraising cost is approximately 4%. We provide food assistance to children, seniors, people experiencing homelessness, families in crisis, people with health issues, the disabled, and working poor families. The Food Bank also raises community awareness of hunger through nutrition education and anti-hunger advocacy. We engage in robust CalFresh (SNAP) outreach to connect people with this underutilized food resource. All of our varied activities are aimed at alleviating food insecurity for our neighbors in the short term, and in the long run ending hunger in our community.

Address: 4010 Nelson Avenue Concord, CA 94520

Website: www.foodbankccs.org

How to Sign Up: Visit our website at https://volunteer.foodbankccs.org/ to see available shifts and sign up to help your neighbors in need of food assistance.

Redwood Empire Food Bank

The Redwood Empire Food Bank has been feeding our neighbors in need and leading the community to end hunger for 35 years. We distribute food through our own programs and our partner organizations in Sonoma, Lake, Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte counties. As the largest hunger-relief organization in our area, we work on the front lines of emergency food assistance in our region, playing a crucial role in helping individuals, families, seniors, and children.

Address: 

3990 Brickway Blvd.

Santa Rosa, CA 95403

Website: https://refb.org/ways-to-give/volunteer.html

How to Sign Up: Individuals can volunteer at one of our Food Distributions, in our Warehouse, and in our Kitchen by signing up for a shift online at https://refb.org/ways-to-give/volunteer.html

Employers can also schedule a team volunteer event at our warehouse by contacting our Volunteer Coordinator, Liz Berry at eberry@refb.org.

Food Literacy Center

Our organization's mission is to inspire kids to eat their vegetables. We teach children in low-income elementary schools cooking, nutrition, gardening, and active play to improve our health, environment, and economy.

Address: 

401A McClatchy Ave

Sacramento, CA 95818

Website: www.foodliteracycenter.org

How to Sign Up: One would go to https://www.foodliteracycenter.org/volunteer to fill out the New Volunteer Form to get started.

White Pony Express

White Pony Express (WPE) was founded by Dr. Carol Weyland Conner in September 2013. Our goal is to uplift lives. We believe we’re all part of one human family and when one of us moves forward, everyone does. Through a network of 70 partners, we work to help bring people living on the margins into the mainstream.

Our volunteer-powered “circle of giving” is a model whereby surplus food & goods are picked up and delivered to neighbors in need, with love and in the spirit of serving selflessly. Our vision is to create a template for giving that can be replicated in other communities. We operate two primary service programs: Food Rescue and the White Pony General Store.

Address: 3380 Vincent Rd. Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 suite 107

Website: https://www.whiteponyexpress.org/

How to Sign Up: Please go to our website's volunteer page: https://www.whiteponyexpress.org/volunteer follow the steps to sign up or contact us at volunteer@whiteponyexpress to get started!

You can volunteer:

~ In person with our Food Rescue program: https://www.whiteponyexpress.org/food-rescue

~ In person with our General Store program: https://www.whiteponyexpress.org/free-general-store

~ Off-site with our Food Rescue Hero program: https://www.whiteponyexpress.org/food-rescue-direct

Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County

Second Harvest Food Bank's mission is that we inspire and support Santa Cruz County to provide nourishment for all community members.

Address: 800 Ohlone Parkway Watsonville, Ca 95076

Website: https://www.thefoodbank.org/

How to Sign Up: Volunteers can visit our website to register for a volunteer shift. https://www.thefoodbank.org/volunteer-trial/

Mountain View Public Safety Foundation

With our Cops and Gobblers program we provide resources to members of our community that address food insecurity.

Address: 

650 Castro Street, Suite 120-379

Mountain View, California 94041

Website: www.mvpsf.org

How to Sign Up: There is more information about the Cops and Gobblers volunteer opportunity as well as other volunteer opportunities on our website at www.mvpsf.org.

SF-Marin Food Bank

Our mission is to end hunger in San Francisco and Marin. Every week, over 50,000 households count on us for food assistance. Nearly 60% of what we distribute to them is fresh fruit and vegetables.

Address:

900 Pennsylvania Ave

San Francisco, CA 94107

Website: www.sfmfoodbank.org

How to Sign Up: The best way to see our current volunteer opportunities is to check out our calendar: https://volunteering.sfmfoodbank.org/

Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa

Loaves and Fishes provides food to people in need through 5 dining rooms located in the county providing a daily hot and nutritious meal and groceries from its food pantries.

Address: 835 Ferry Street, Martinez, CA

Website: loavesfishescc.org

How to Sign Up: Find out more information at www.loavesfishescc.org

Family House, Inc.

Family House serves as a home away from home for families of children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses by providing physical comfort and emotional support, free from financial concerns.

Address: 540 Mission Bay Blvd North SF CA 94158

Website: www.familyhouseinc.org

How to Sign Up: Find out more information at www.familyhouseinc.org

Food for People

Food for People, the Food Bank for Humboldt County, is working to eliminate hunger and improve the health and well-being of our community through access to healthy and nutritious foods, community education and advocacy. Food for People works to alleviate local hunger and improve the health of the community through its 18 programs which include a countywide network of emergency food pantries; mobile produce distribution to rural areas of the county; food assistance for children, seniors, and homebound individuals; nutrition education; and local food recovery and gleaning efforts. Food for People distributes nearly 2 million pounds of food annually to the county’s most vulnerable members

Address: 2015 2nd Street, Eureka, CA 95501

Website: www.foodforpeople.org

How to Sign Up: If you are interested in volunteering with Food for People, please fill out our Volunteer Application at https://www.volgistics.com/ex/portal.dll/ap?ap=1118014811.

After completing the volunteer application form, our Volunteer & Direct Services Manager will get in touch with you about attending an orientation, where we'll discuss all kinds of volunteer opportunities and shifts that fit your schedule and interests.

Alameda County Community Food Bank

For over 35 years, we have stood by our unwavering belief that food is a basic human right. We distribute millions of healthy meals every year, and are on the forefront of new approaches to ending hunger and poverty.

We’re committed to creating a healthy, prosperous and just community.

Address: 

7900 Edgewater Dr.

Oakland, CA 94621

Website: accfb.org

How to Sign Up: Visit our shift calendar https://www.accfb.org/get-involved/volunteer-calendar/ and register for the shifts that work for you.

Open Heart Kitchen

Open Heart Kitchen is the largest hot meal program of its kind in the Tri­-Valley Area of Northern California, feeding the hungry across multiple locations in Pleasanton, Livermore and Dublin. There is no qualifying process and meals may be eaten at numerous serving sites or taken to go. Guests come from all walks of life and Open Heart Kitchen has become a safety net to those in need during challenging times. Last year, Open Heart Kitchen served more than 2 million meals to those who needed it.

Address: We have sites all across the Tri-Valley in Livermore, Pleasanton, Dublin and Danville.

Website: openheartkitchen.org

How to Sign Up: Email us at volunteercoordinator@openheartkitchen.org

The Food Bank of Nevada County

The Food Bank of Nevada County feeds low- and no-income families in and around the community of Nevada County. We operate a children's program, a home delivery program for older adults and those with special needs, a large-scale grocery distribution program, and an emergency food program. We have wonderful volunteer opportunities that are meaningful and engaging all throughout the year. Come check us out!

Address: 

310 Railroad Ave Suite 100

Grass Valley CA 95945

Website: foodbankofnc.org

How to Sign Up: Anyone who is interested in volunteering can visit our website at foodbankofnc.org or stop by our office at 310 Railroad Ave Suite 100, Grass Valley CA 95945.

Monument Crisis Center

​The Monument Crisis Center provides food, education, assistance, and referrals to families and individuals in crises, and promotes community awareness of needs and available resources to at-risk and low-income people in Contra Costa County.​

Address: 1990 Market Street Concord, CA 94520

Website: https://monumentcrisiscenter.org/

How to Sign Up: We ask that volunteers head to our website and fill out our volunteer form and wait for my response.

Central California Food Bank

Central California Food Bank provides food to over 350,000 people in neighborhoods in Fresno, Madera, Kings, Kern, and Tulare Counties. We distributed over 54 million pounds of food through our network of partners via food distributions, meal recovery programs, grocery box pick-ups, and school sites.

Address:  4010 E Amendola Dr, Fresno, CA 93725

Website: www.ccfoodbank.org

How to Sign Up: To get involved, you can visit our Volunteer page on our website at www.ccfoodbank.org/volunteer.

Food Literacy Center

Our mission is to inspire kids to eat their vegetables. We teach children in low-income elementary schools cooking, nutrition, gardening, and active play to improve our health, environment, and economy.

Address: 401A McClatchy Way, Sacramento, CA 95818

Website: foodliteracycenter.org

How to Sign Up: Fill out the new volunteer form: https://www.foodliteracycenter.org/form/new-volunteer-form

Placer Food Bank

Placer Food Bank is a member of Feeding America's nationwide network of food banks and is the leading hunger -relief organization serving Placer, Nevada, and El Dorado counties. We operate a large-scale warehouse facility to receive, evaluate, and redistribute donated food from a varietyt of growers, retailers, and wholesalers, coordinate distribution of the food through a network of nearly 100 hunger-focused nonprofit organizations. We also operate a direct distribution program with 10 monthly Pantry To Go drive thru food distributions, and supply food to 20-30 schools and housing communities in Placer and El Dorado counties. We rely heavily on volunteers to support our programs and help us alleviate hunger across Placer, Nevada, and El Dorado counties.

Address:  

8284 Industrial Ave

Roseville, CA 95678

Website: placerfoodbank.org

How to Sign Up: All volunteers must create a profile on our volunteer website and sign up for an orientation shift through their profile. After attending orientation, they have their choice of many different opportunities at our warehouse and at our mobile food distribution sites.

The Salvation Army - Multiple Locations

The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

Address: 

286 Sutter St. Auburn, CA 95603

3213 Orange Grove Ave., North Highlands, Ca 95660

100 Lincoln St. Roseville Ca. 95678

Website: 

Salvationarmyusa.org

Auburn.SalvationArmy.Org

roseville.salvationarmy.org

How to Sign Up: 

Auburn: Visiting our website Auburn.SalvationArmy.org for all updated volunteer opportunities. Calling Nichole at (530)889-3990 ext. 212 or emailing nichole.casero@usw.salvationarmy.org

North Highlands: You can sign up on our website https://volunteer.usawest.org

Roseville: Contact Steve Heckley at (916) 436-3792

North Coast Opportunities - Volunteer Network

North Coast Opportunities is a Community Action Agency with the mission of assisting low-income and disadvantaged people to become self-reliant. The NCO Volunteer Network recruits, trains and places volunteers in Mendocino, Lake, Sonoma, Humboldt and Del Norte counties, providing a wide range of volunteer opportunities in the local community.

Address: 413 North State Street, Ukiah, CA 95482

Website: www.volunteernco.org

How to Sign Up: Go to our website: volunteernco.org and fill out a Volunteer Application. We will reach out and let you know next steps.

Second Harvest of the Greater Valley

Second Harvest of the Greater Valley is a member food bank of the Feeding America network. We serve an 8 county territory, including: San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Amador, Alpine, Calaveras, Mariposa, and Tuolomne Counties. Through our work with 90+ food pantries, 4 partner distribution organizations, and multiple programs, we help distribute food to over 78,000 neighbors in need every month.

Address: 

Main Office:

1220 Vanderbilt Circle

Manteca CA 95337

Volunteer Center:

704 Industrial Park Drive

Manteca CA 95337

Website: localfoodbank.org

How to Sign Up: Community members interested in volunteering with us can easily sign up online by visiting our website homepage and clicking on the "Volunteer" tab. Community and corporate groups can either sign up online or email/call our Community Relations Specialist directly.

Meals on Wheels - Multiple Locations

We've been providing nutritious, home-delivered meals and services to older San Franciscans since 1970!

Meals on Wheels is committed to the belief that all seniors have the right to live independently with dignity and respect in their own homes for as long as safely possible. It is our mission to provide isolated homebound older adults in San Francisco with nutritious meals, daily human contact, and supportive services to prevent their premature institutionalization.

Address: 

Diablo Region: 1300 Civic Drive Walnut Creek, CA 94596

San Francisco: 1375 Fairfax Ave, San Francisco, CA 94124

Website: 

Diablo Region: www.mowdiabloregion.org/

San Francisco: https://www.mowsf.org/volunteer

How to Sign Up: Please visit each Meals on Wheels website to find out more information on volunteer opportunities!

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