• Warehouse: As a warehouse volunteer, you would be working with a team putting food orders together for each site. This requires some moderate to heavy lifting. You will laugh while getting your daily workout!
• Distribution: These volunteers drive to our warehouse and pick up food bags and take the food to designated site. Depending on the site, you could be taking enough food for 10 or for over 200 children.
  • *Warehouse and Distribution volunteers work once a week for an average of 3 hours a week and follow the Mesa County Valley School District 51 calendar. Currently, we are in operation for 34 weeks of the year plus 9-11 weeks during the summer. We do not distribute during breaks during the school year. Many sites request double orders before long breaks.
• Summer: This fluctuates each summer as we follow the Lunch Lizard routes and typically serve schools hosting summer school. We need both Warehouse and Distribution volunteers for the summer program.
• Events: With our primary focus on getting food bags out across the valley, we don’t host many events. However, we do have several fundraisers or community awareness events.
• Clerical: If you prefer office work, we could always use a hand with various tasks. Contact us for these opportunities.

Typical volunteer opportunities occur on Wednesdays and Thursdays. An evening/weekend may be available, however, they tend to fill quickly.

There are opportunities to volunteer on a weekly basis or to volunteer less frequently as a substitute or for special events. If you are unable to volunteer on a weekly basis, ask about our substitute and back-up volunteer lists.

We LOVE to have children volunteer! Contact us about these opportunities.

Wear comfortable clothes you do not mind getting dirty and closed toe shoes.

The length of volunteer shifts can vary from one to three hours.

After submitting your application, our staff will review your information and contact you with the status of your application. If your skillset and availability match a current volunteer opening, we will reach out to schedule an initial interview. Assuming we are still a match, you will then be invited to shadow another volunteer to get a sense of what is involved. After completing each of these steps (application review, interview, shadowing), you will then be assigned a volunteer position.