We Love Our Volunteers!

When you volunteer with the Family Food Center, you’re supporting access to nutritious food today and cultivating community power to help end hunger.

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Register Online

Visit our Volunteer Website to create an account & sign up for a volunteer shift with us.

Send Us an Email

Send our team an email at volunteer@hotfood.org to sign up for a volunteer shift.

Give Us a Call

Call our team at (928) 890-8386 for assistance in signing up for a volunteer shift.

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Explore Volunteer Opportunities

We’d love for you to join our amazing team of volunteers, with plenty of opportunities to meet new friends and support your community.

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Food Box Distribution

Provide food boxes to families at our outdoor, drive-thru distribution! Volunteers load carts with groceries and place food into cars.

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Produce Box Packing

Pack boxes with healthy produce for our food distributions! Requires standing during the entire shift. Great activity for people looking for an active, fast-moving event!

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Neighborhood Distribution

Come assist at one of our nine mobile distribution sites throughout the community! Volunteers hand out groceries to clients, take in client information & help build grocery boxes.

Dinner Service

Volunteers help serve dinners to our clients in our dining room and through our walk-up to-go window, while also supporting all other functions of a working commercial kitchen!

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Window Service

This shift is all about warm service. Serve ready-made lunches to walk-up clients from the to-go window at our kitchen. It is one of our most impactful opportunities to serve people in need. Join us in helping provide food to your neighbors in need!

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Sandwich Making

Help prepare lunches and support our kitchen’s daily operations! This includes making peanut butter & jelly or meat and cheese sandwiches, packing lunches for our sandwich delivery shift.

Food Prep

Roll up your sleeves and help create a delicious meal for our community! Food Prep Volunteers assist with a variety of kitchen tasks that may include chopping vegetables, mixing ingredients, baking, roasting, and other meal preparation activities. Tasks vary depending on the day’s menu, but every shift plays an role in helping us serve nutritious, high-quality meals.

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Grocery Rescue Support

Volunteers collect surplus food from local grocery stores to be quickly sorted, inspected, and distributed to families in need. Meet at partner stores or the Flagstaff Family Food Center to unload donations, organize rescued groceries, and prepare them for our meal and food distribution programs.

Product Sorting

Help us fight hunger and promote healthy eating across our community! During Product Sorting, volunteers gather to sort and organize the donations we receive for families and individuals in need. This shift will be a small group of 1-3 people working together indoors to check for expiration dates, damaged products, and organize by product categories.

Click here to view all volunteer opportunities with Flagstaff Family Food Center.

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