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Looking for a way to support your community together? Your team can make a difference! We 100% depend on our volunteers in everything that we do. If your group is motivated to serve then join us today in keeping food on our friends’ and neighbors’ tables.
Our opportunities:
- Welcome everyone! We’d love to host your team for a meaningful and impactful group volunteer event.
- Don’t require experience. We’ll provide all necessary training, and make sure you and your team feel confident while serving with us.
- Help build relationships. Our group opportunities are a great way to strengthen bonds and build relationships with one another.
- Are fun! Our opportunities include volunteering together on site in our Food Pantry, or on special projects for VEAP.
- Group Volunteering – onsite in our pantry for groups less than 12 people
- Doing Good – pairs a traditional product drive with a volunteer component. This opportunity works for small or large groups and can be held on or offsite. Days, evenings, or weekends.
Please connect with Karen Hancock, Volunteer Manager, on any questions regarding our group volunteer opportunities. You can reach her at karenh@veap.org. We look forward to hearing from you!
Frequently Asked Questions
Getting started volunteering at VEAP is easy! Please create an account in our volunteer portal. To begin, please select one of the following tracks:
- Group Volunteering – onsite in our pantry for groups less than 12 people
- Doing Good – pairs a traditional product drive with a volunteer component. This opportunity works for small or large groups and can be held on or offsite during the day, evenings, or weekends.
Please connect with us with any specific questions by emailing Karen Hancock, Volunteer Manager, at karenh@veap.org.
The size of your group will depend on the volunteer opportunities available. Groups of 2 to 12 people can volunteer in our onsite Food Pantry and Warehouse area. Groups larger than 12 can join us over multiple shifts in the Food Pantry and Warehouse areas or can participate in Doing Good.
- Indoor Shopping (Monday – Thursday): Volunteers welcome participants to our pantry, explain our process and respond to participant questions, keep our shopping area clean and tidy, sort through food donations, stock our shelves, load groceries into vehicles and overall help us promote a positive shopping experience for our participants.
- Friday morning distribution: We have a different model for distributing food on Friday mornings. Please connect with Karen Hancock to learn more: karenh@veap.org
Doing Good is an opportunity for corporate, social, school, religious, fraternal groups to support VEAP by collecting and purchasing items to pack/repackage for distribution to our food pantry participants. Options include Birthday Bags, Express Packs (to-go packs of food available without appointment to visitors), Street Kits, and Hygiene Kits. This is a great team building activity for your employees or members!
Groups can volunteer in our pantry Monday-Thursday during the following shifts:
- 8:15 – 11:30 a.m.
- 11:15 – 2:30 p.m.
- 2:15 – 5:15 p.m.
Groups are generally scheduled for the 2:15 p.m. shift; however, earlier shifts may be available depending on pantry needs. We have a different model on Fridays and would love to connect with you if your team wants to spend time together volunteering on a Friday morning. Please email Karen Hancock to learn more: karenh@veap.org
Yes! Once you are registered, we will create your team account and reach out for member names and emails. Your team members DO NOT need to create an account in order to volunteer.
Yes! Groups can join us weekly, monthly or quarterly. Please contact our Volunteer Manager, Karen Hancock, at karenh@veap.org or 952.95.8325 to discuss scheduling options.
We love welcoming volunteer groups and are so grateful for your willingness to serve with us. To give our staff and volunteers time to rest and enjoy the season with their loved ones, we are closed and do not schedule group volunteer activities on federal holidays, including Martin Luther King Jr. Day as well as the day after Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve.
We’d be delighted to host your group on other days of the year and will work with you to find a time that best fits your schedule.
“When the world seems crazy, I know that I can only do my part, and must do my part. It helps to be involved with something as basic as getting healthy food to those in need. Over the years, I have come to know VEAP as a truly remarkable organization. The solid values of this organization are demonstrated at the highest levels, and throughout our culture. It’s not hard to believe that I am truly making a difference.” -VEAP Volunteer