SOCIAL SERVICES VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Food Shelf Helper
Prepare well-balanced food bags and distribute the bags to families waiting for their orders. Help unload donations and stock shelves. Keep food pantry clean and remove expired products. Be able to lift at least 30 lbs and stand for long periods of time.
Dates: Year round, Monday – Friday
Time: Two hours or more between 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Locations: St. Paul, Minneapolis and Rosemount
Meal Service Assistant
Assist in preparing, serving and cleanup of meals at our Harbor Light Center, The Salvation Army's homeless shelter in downtown Minneapolis. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served everyday, year round. Individuals or groups of 5 - 6 volunteers are welcome.
Qualities desired: Feel compassion for others; sensitive to issues of homelessness and aware of diverse cultural backgrounds and differences; must be 16 or older; if under the age of 18, must be accompanied by an adult chaperone.
Contact the Harbor Light Center Volunteer Coordinator at 612-767-3108.
Dates: Year round, Sunday – Saturday
Times: 6:30 – 8:30 a.m., 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., 4 – 7 p.m.
Location: Harbor Light Center, Minneapolis
Food Donation Deliverer
Have you ever had the impulsive desire to visit a high-end grocery store? Have you ever caught yourself wishing you could smell fresh-baked bread without the temptation of adding to your calorie intake for the day? If you’d like the personal satisfaction of knowing that your delivery of bread, bakery goods, fruit, vegetables, salads, and sandwiches to The Salvation Army will feed the hungry, then you should volunteer to be a food donation deliverer. Through the generosity of area grocery stores, many food items are available to The Salvation Army, but we need your help to get it to us!
Dates: Mondays, Wednesdays and/or Thursdays
Times: Daytime hours, exact times depends on route
Location: Deliveries are taken to Rosemount
Warehouse Workers
The Salvation Army and its community partner, Hope for the City, are looking for groups of volunteers to prepare corporate surplus donations for distribution. Tasks include unloading, sorting, packing and loading donated items. Groups up to 50 people are welcome.
Dates: Year round, Monday – Friday
Times: 9 a.m. - noon and 1 - 4 p.m.
Location: St. Louis Park
Trash Collector
Mornings at St. Paul Citadel are busy with close to 300 people getting breakfast. A group of people that big generates a lot of trash! Someone with some muscle that can carry heavy bags from the cafeteria to the dumpster will make the breakfast program run even smoother.
Dates: Minimum once a week, Monday – Friday
Time: 7 – 9 a.m.
Location: St. Paul Citadel Worship and Service Center
Food Distribution Pro
You can show-off your know-how by managing The Salvation Army’s Dakota County food distribution program. As the distribution pro, you would oversee other volunteers and make sure donations are properly unloaded, sorted and displayed. You would also ensure that clients checked in and received the right amount of food. To reach your pro status, training is provided by Salvation Army staff.
Dates: Mondays and/or Wednesdays
Times: 2 - 4 hours in the morning
Location: Rosemount
Food Distribution Assistant
Work with the food distribution pro to run a smooth program and help needy families receive donated food items. You would help with setting up the distribution area, unloading donations and cleaning up afterwards.
Dates: Mondays and/or Wednesdays
Times: 2 - 4 hours in the morning
Location: Rosemount
To apply for any of the volunteer opportunities, please fill out our Volunteer Interest Form.
