VOLUNTEER
Make a difference and give of your time and heart to help us feed our neighbors in need.
“In Central Oregon, one in five children are food insecure.”
INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING?
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Volunteer Paperwork
Click HERE to complete our online volunteer application
Volunteer Shifts
We have three or four-hour volunteering shifts available Wednesdays to Saturdays. Schedules are outlined in the above application.
Children Volunteering
We invite parents with children aged 12 and up to volunteer in our Kid’s Korner Store or our Kid’s Korner Mobile Pantry. Other volunteering roles require children to be 16 or over, and an adult must accompany children under 15. Below are great opportunities for families with younger children to get involved.
Other Opportunities to Help
Bend Food Project: Sign up to fill green bags or be a neighborhood coordinator. Learn more at the Bend Food Project Website.
One-Time Food Drive: Get your kids involved with a neighborhood food drive. There are lots of ways to be creative and have fun with this. Email info@thegivingplate.org for more details.
Collect Cans & Bottles: The Giving Plate is signed up as a nonprofit with Bottle Drop Centers, and all the funds that we get from cans and bottles go to purchase gas and propane vouchers for our guests who need them. Help us fill blue bags. Come by The Giving Plate during our open hours to get blue bags to fill and take to Bottle Drop, or you can bring your cans and bottles to us and we will do the work.
Questions about volunteering, email our team at:
volunteer@thegivingplate.org