Most Urgent (Weekly/Monthly Commitment)

Warehouse Volunteer Positions

• Volunteer Shopper 
• Description: package food for organizations to pick up and help them "shop" for food in our warehouse
• Commitment: one week day per week long-term from 8:00am - 12:30pm
• Requirements: must be able to lift 25 pounds, stand, and bend
• Grocery Rescue Unloader 
• Description: unload trucks of food
• Commitment: one week day per week long-term from 10:00am - 2:00pm
• Requirements: must be able to lift 40 pounds, stand, and bend
• Brown Bag Warehouse Assembly
• Description assemble food to be distributed to seniors
• Commitment: the first Wednesday of every month from 9:00 - 11:00am
• Requirements: must be able to lift 25 pounds, stand, and bend
• Warehouse Cleaners
• Various duties - create your own weekly schedule any time M-F between 7:00am and 3:30pm
• Volunteer/Project Manager
• Description: manage groups of volunteers while they participate in a sorting/packaging project
• Commitment: every Wednesday and/or Friday from 1:00 - 3:00pm
• Package Produce for our Healthy School Pantry Program
• Description: package produce at Goleta Valley Community Center
• Commitment: 2nd Thursday of every month from 2:00-3:00

Please sign up via this link if you are able to help with any of the volunteer positions above: Sign Up Here. We will contact you with more details.

Transportation Volunteer Positions

(Requirements for each position: must have a truck, SUV, or van OR have a clean driving record and a CA drivers license so you can drive a Foodbank vehicle)

• Bread Delivery Driver 
• Description: pick up bread and other grocery rescue items from grocery stores and deliver to the Foodbank. You can use your own vehicle or drive a Foodbank vehicle
• Commitment: one day per week M-F long-term from 9:00 - 11:00am
• Brown Bag Delivery Driver 
• Description: deliver food to a Brown Bag site/senior center. You can use your own vehicle or drive a Foodbank vehicle
• Commitment: the first Wednesday of every month from 10:00am - 12:00pm

Sign up via this link and we will contact you with more details: Sign Up Here


Nutrition Education Positions

• Cooking Class Instructor
• Description: teach healthy cooking in Spanish to 20 adults at Goleta Valley Community Center. Must have a food handler's certificate and be able to lift up to 25 pounds
• Commitment: one evening per month from 5:30-8:00pm from Feb - June

Sign up via this link and we will contact you with more details: Sign Up Here

Brown Bag Program Positions

• Site Leader
• Description: ensure all volunteers have completed our application, signed in and out, and that the site paperwork is in order
• Commitment: 2nd and 4th weeks of every month (each site meets on a different day of the week) from 7:00-10:00am
• Assembler
• Description: package/assemble food
• Commitment: 2nd and 4th weeks of every month (each site meets on a different day of the week) from 7:00-10:00am
• Requirements: must be able to lift 25 pounds, stand, and bend
• Truck Unloader
• Description: unload food from the truck
• Commitment: 2nd and 4th weeks of every month (each site meets on a different day of the week) from 7:00-10:00am
• Requirements: must be able to lift 50 pounds, stand, and bend

To help at one of our sites, please sign up below via this link: Sign Up Here.    


Are you a born leader or would you like to develop leadership skills? We have volunteers grouped into teams or specific types of volunteer opportunities. We need Volunteer Coordinators to act as a leader for each of these teams. This would entail:

• Keeping track of who is assigned to each job within a team
• Tracking volunteer hours for the team
• Reminding the team of their scheduled hours so they don't forget to show up
• Building a cohesive team environment where everyone is asked for feedback and feels valued
• Organizing team get-togethers so everyone can get to know each other

We are looking for volunteers who can commitment for as long as possible (or at least a semester) so the group has consistency in leadership.

We also need a bilingual volunteer recruiter so we can open our opportunities up to folks who may only speak Spanish.

Sign up via this link and we will contact you with more details: Sign Up Here

See our Volunteer Terms & Conditions: Click Here 

We have lots of volunteer opportunities for people who can help remote/from home or helping us promote the Foodbank at events and out and about in our community. Click here to see these types of volunteer opportunities: Flexible Jobs

If you don't find a volunteer opportunity below that works for you and you would still like to help, please consider donating. Click here to see all of the ways you can donate: Donate.