Thank you for your interest in volunteering with us.
At this time, all of our volunteer needs are met.**
Please check back periodically, our needs change fairly often and we will definitely be looking for more help in the coming months. We are grateful for the on going support of so many volunteers and community members.
** We are looking for native Mandarin speakers with weekday availability to help us with client translations.
We are also looking for home delivery drivers on Thursday and Friday afternoon.
If you are interested in either, please email operations manager Arielle Chernin
At this time, all of our volunteer needs are met.**
Please check back periodically, our needs change fairly often and we will definitely be looking for more help in the coming months. We are grateful for the on going support of so many volunteers and community members.
** We are looking for native Mandarin speakers with weekday availability to help us with client translations.
We are also looking for home delivery drivers on Thursday and Friday afternoon.
If you are interested in either, please email operations manager Arielle Chernin
Brookline Thrives, our weekend food program feeding students of the Brookline Public Schools, is still looking for volunteers.
Learn more or sign up to volunteer with Brookline Thrives.
Learn more or sign up to volunteer with Brookline Thrives.
OTHER WAYS YOU CAN GET INVOLVED
While we may not be taking new volunteers at this time, there are still plenty of ways you can get involved in the Brookline Food Pantry:
- host a food drive for the pantry with your neighbors, school, office, or friends.
- save all your paper handle bags from the grocery store and donate them to the pantry for us to reuse.
- make goodie bags for us to give out to our clients (homemade cookies, chocolates, toiletries, Easter baskets, etc).
- encourage a local business to do a fundraiser for the pantry.
- raise awareness about food insecurity at your school, work, or in the community
While we may not be taking new volunteers at this time, there are still plenty of ways you can get involved in the Brookline Food Pantry:
- host a food drive for the pantry with your neighbors, school, office, or friends.
- save all your paper handle bags from the grocery store and donate them to the pantry for us to reuse.
- make goodie bags for us to give out to our clients (homemade cookies, chocolates, toiletries, Easter baskets, etc).
- encourage a local business to do a fundraiser for the pantry.
- raise awareness about food insecurity at your school, work, or in the community
FUTURE PANTRY VOLUNTEER NEEDS
- Food transport: Bring donations, produce, and recycling between the pantry locations. Volunteers must have their own vehicle
- Delivery: Deliver groceries to our at home clients. Volunteers must have their own vehicle
- Packing: Pack food in bags for our clients
- Table Volunteers: Pass out food to our clients during pantry hours. Position is outside and interacts directly with clients.
- Truck Unload: Load and unload our truck with large food orders. Requires heavy lifting.
The Brookline Food Pantry celebrates diversity and does not exclude or discriminate against applicants, employees, volunteers, or the members of the public we serve, on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, pregnancy or conditions related to pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, domestic partner or civil union status, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.