Share Food Program Volunteers Needed!

Car-Packing and Home Delivery Support

Help Us Distribute Boxes of Nutritious Food

Join us in the fight against hunger by signing up to volunteer! Through volunteer opportunities like this, Share and our partners serve more than 1 million people every year!

What’s the opportunity?

Support our Home Delivery Distribution, helping our most vulnerable population of seniors facing food insecurity in the Philadelphia region. You’ll come to Share’s warehouse and work with a group of other volunteers to load 30lb boxes of shelf-stable food into delivery vehicles so we can get them out to mobility-impaired senior citizens who cannot pick up boxes from us on their own. Home Delivery Volunteer tasks include but are not limited to:

• Packing cars with nutritious food boxes for home deliveries
• (For those not comfortable with heavy lifting) Packing cars with a 1-pound block of cheese for every senior food box
• Direct traffic in our parking lot

After the home delivery distribution is complete, volunteers are welcome to assist with other miscellaneous warehouse tasks to support our senior food box packing operation, including:

• Prepping assembly line
• Constructing and reinforcing boxes
• Small warehouse clean-up tasks such as sweeping the floors and wiping down surfaces

Physical Expectations: As a home delivery volunteer, you’ll be expected to lift food boxes between 30-32 lbs. For those less comfortable with heavy lifting, you’ll be expected to lift blocks of cheese (between 1-10 lbs, depending on how many you carry at a time). You will be outside for 60-90 minutes at a time and will be on your feet for most of the session.

What to Bring/Wear: You’ll be required to wear weather-appropriate clothing and closed-toed shoes (please no sandals, flip-flops, crocs, Yeezys, Uggs or any other shoe that exposes your foot, or does not have a sturdy outer covering). If you’re able, please bring gloves, food, and water. A water cooler is available on site.

Location: Share Food Program’s Volunteer Center and Warehouse is now located at 3111 W. Allegheny Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19132.

Parking: We offer limited parking on-site in the lower parking lot. Spots located in the lot below our warehouse.  Follow Share parking signs and be sure to park along the brick wall, away from any boxes set up in the parking lot. Free street parking is conveniently located along Allegheny Ave.

Age Restrictions: Volunteers ages 13+ are permitted to participate in this opportunity. All volunteers under 18 years old must be accompanied by a chaperone.

Friday, July 24, 2026 9:00 AM –  12:00 PM ET

Share Volunteer Center, 3111 W Allegheny Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19132