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Food Banks across the state need your help!
Food banks across the state are experiencing unprecedented levels of need, and are in need of volunteers to pack food boxes and help with distributions.
If you are able to commit a few hours to helping your neighbors, please consider volunteering at one of our five member food banks.
- Volunteers can sign-in for a shift here: Community Food Bank Volunteers. Note that registration is required. Opportunities are kept current in the system and include supporting distributions.
- Contact [email protected] for more information or if you need help with the online system.
- Main warehouse: 2831 N. 31st Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85009
- Monday–Friday: 9am–11am and 1pm–3pm
- Saturday: 8am–10am and 12pm–2pm
- Volunteers will help pack emergency food boxes.
- Knight Center: 3131 W. Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ, 85017
- Monday–Friday: 7:30am–10:00am, 10:00am– 12:30PM
- Volunteers will help distribute food to clients using an outdoor drive-thru model.
- St. Mary’s-Surprise: 13050 W Elm St, Surprise, AZ, 85378
- Different shifts to support open hours Monday–Friday: 7:00am–1:30pm
- Volunteers will help distribute food to clients using an outdoor drive-thru model.
- Do you have a group of five or more people? Contact the volunteer team at [email protected] or 602-343-3128.
- Sign up to volunteer today.
- Opportunities available for individuals, families and large groups, with shifts available between 9am-8pm, Monday through Saturday.
- For large groups, please fill out this form.
- Monday–Friday: 7am–12:30pm
- Application needed – click here to access
- Contact the food bank in advance to schedule: 928-259-2216
- Schedule ahead and contact us to learn more! To volunteer, please contact [email protected] or go here and click “Desert Mission” to submit a request form.
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Hold a Food Drive
Want to hold a food drive of your own? Follow these simple steps for success!
Holding a food drive for your local food bank is simple and rewarding!
Here’s a 7-Step plan you can follow:
- Identify the food bank you’d like to help. Consider one of AzFBN’s regional members or find a smaller organization in our directory.
- Contact the food bank you’ve chosen. Some of the larger food banks will have information on their website, but you’ll need to call or email smaller charities. Be sure to follow their guidelines if you can!
- Find out if the food bank has any specific needs – like vegetarian items, or things that are high in protein. This will help them put your donated food to work as quickly as possible!
- Identify, contact and advertise to “your community” (this may be your faith congregation, service club, fellow employees, neighborhood, school, etc.) and then collect food! It works best to have a deadline so that people know to respond quickly.
- If you are in a community with several organizations similar to yours, consider working together! You can even make it a friendly competition to see who can get the most food for the food bank!
- If possible, deliver the food to the food bank – this will save them time and money and get the food in and out the door quickly!
- Pat yourselves on the back for helping end hunger in Arizona!
If these seven steps are a little too daunting, consider holding a fund drive instead. Donor dollars go a long way at a food bank thanks to economies of scale.
Thank you for thinking of Arizonans at risk of hunger!
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