Needs From: The Triangle Nonprofit & Volunteer Leadership Center

Volunteer: Hannah's Community Kitchen - Pack & Distribute Food Boxes

Hannah's Community Kitchen at Greater Orange Grove Church needs volunteers to package and load food boxes into cars. The days are the first Tuesday, monthly between the hours of 8:30 -11:30am. Second and fourth Wednesdays at the same time - 8:30 to 11:30 am.The style is “drive through”.
Some of the duties are:
1) unloading and loading vehicles
2) sorting items
3) bagging items
4) setting up and taking down tents
5) setting up and taking down tables
6) lifting heavy Commodity Senior Food Program boxes; app. 10-15 lbs each
7) crashing boxes
8) placing trash on back of truckThe location is 5524 N. Roxboro Road at Orange Grove Missionary Baptist Church from 8:30 am- 11:30 am. Contact Theresia McGee, 919-358-2048, genellasdaughter@gmail.com for additional information.

 

 

Agency: Feeding Durham Together

Hannah's Community Kitchen at Greater Orange Grove Church needs volunteers to package and load food boxes into cars. The days are the first Tuesday, monthly between the hours of 8:30 -11:30am. Second and fourth Wednesdays at the same time - 8:30 to 11:30 am.The style is “drive through”.
Some of the duties are:
1) unloading and loading vehicles
2) sorting items
3) bagging items
4) setting up and taking down tents
5) setting up and taking down tables
6) lifting heavy Commodity Senior Food Program boxes; app. 10-15 lbs each
7) crashing boxes
8) placing trash on back of truckThe location is 5524 N. Roxboro Road at Orange Grove Missionary Baptist Church from 8:30 am- 11:30 am. Contact Theresia McGee, 919-358-2048, genellasdaughter@gmail.com for additional information.

 

 

Agency: Feeding Durham Together

Need Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 27707

Allow Groups: Yes


Volunteer: Fresh Produce Program Distribution Day Packer

These volunteers support the Fresh Produce Program by assisting our distribution leaders with quality-controlling produce items, packing produce into bags, and loading bags into delivery drivers' cars on Saturday distribution days between 8:30 AM and 11:30 AM.

IMPORTANT: We manage volunteer sign-ups on a Google Sheet outside of HandsOn Triangle. Please click here for instructions and to sign up! If the volunteer opportunity you are interested in has no open slots left, please consider signing up for a different day or role! 

Agency: Fresh Produce Program

These volunteers support the Fresh Produce Program by assisting our distribution leaders with quality-controlling produce items, packing produce into bags, and loading bags into delivery drivers' cars on Saturday distribution days between 8:30 AM and 11:30 AM.

IMPORTANT: We manage volunteer sign-ups on a Google Sheet outside of HandsOn Triangle. Please click here for instructions and to sign up! If the volunteer opportunity you are interested in has no open slots left, please consider signing up for a different day or role! 

Agency: Fresh Produce Program

Need Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 27705

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: Fresh Produce Program Delivery Confirmation Caller

These volunteers support the Fresh Produce Program by calling and texting up to 8 participants between Tuesday and Thursday each week to confirm their upcoming deliveries. Volunteers have the assistance of a script and FAQ document to successfully complete calls. This role is KEY for making sure deliveries get to the right people/addresses, and helping us stay in touch with the households we serve. Relationship building is encouraged!

IMPORTANT: We manage volunteer sign-ups on a Google Sheet outside of HandsOn Triangle. Please click here for instructions and to sign up! If the volunteer opportunity you are interested in has no open slots left, please consider signing up for a different day or role! 

Agency: Fresh Produce Program

These volunteers support the Fresh Produce Program by calling and texting up to 8 participants between Tuesday and Thursday each week to confirm their upcoming deliveries. Volunteers have the assistance of a script and FAQ document to successfully complete calls. This role is KEY for making sure deliveries get to the right people/addresses, and helping us stay in touch with the households we serve. Relationship building is encouraged!

IMPORTANT: We manage volunteer sign-ups on a Google Sheet outside of HandsOn Triangle. Please click here for instructions and to sign up! If the volunteer opportunity you are interested in has no open slots left, please consider signing up for a different day or role! 

Agency: Fresh Produce Program

Need Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 27701

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: Fresh Produce Program Delivery Driver

These volunteers support the Fresh Produce Program by picking up food bags from Uncle Harry's General Store (1925 Yearby Ave, Durham) at a time of their choosing on Saturdays between 9:30 AM and 10:45 AM, and delivering these items to participants' homes. 

Delivery driving is up to 2 hour commitment (e.g. someone who picks up at 9:00 AM should plan for finishing by 11:00 AM, a 10:45 AM pickup finishing by 12:45 PM at the latest). We routinely need 15-20 drivers since we serve ~170 households a week. The more people who sign up, the quicker the routes are for everyone!

IMPORTANT: We manage volunteer sign-ups on a Google Sheet outside of HandsOn Triangle. Please click here for instructions and to sign up! If the volunteer opportunity you are interested in has no open slots left, please consider signing up for a different day or role!

Agency: Fresh Produce Program

These volunteers support the Fresh Produce Program by picking up food bags from Uncle Harry's General Store (1925 Yearby Ave, Durham) at a time of their choosing on Saturdays between 9:30 AM and 10:45 AM, and delivering these items to participants' homes. 

Delivery driving is up to 2 hour commitment (e.g. someone who picks up at 9:00 AM should plan for finishing by 11:00 AM, a 10:45 AM pickup finishing by 12:45 PM at the latest). We routinely need 15-20 drivers since we serve ~170 households a week. The more people who sign up, the quicker the routes are for everyone!

IMPORTANT: We manage volunteer sign-ups on a Google Sheet outside of HandsOn Triangle. Please click here for instructions and to sign up! If the volunteer opportunity you are interested in has no open slots left, please consider signing up for a different day or role!

Agency: Fresh Produce Program

Need Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 27705

Allow Groups: Yes


Volunteer: Free Market Set Up and Break Down

"Market set up" would include tasks such as: carrying boxes / pushing a cart full of boxes of food from outside to inside, moving boxes of food around to organize (ranging from 10-50 pounds), sorting for food quality, packing delivery boxes.

"During market" would include restocking, supporting market members navigate market, breaking down boxes, helping market members carry items to their transportation.

"Close market" would include the break down and clean up of the market space and getting leftover food to their secondary location - Part & Parcel / Community Fridge

Agency: CANDOR Farm

"Market set up" would include tasks such as: carrying boxes / pushing a cart full of boxes of food from outside to inside, moving boxes of food around to organize (ranging from 10-50 pounds), sorting for food quality, packing delivery boxes.

"During market" would include restocking, supporting market members navigate market, breaking down boxes, helping market members carry items to their transportation.

"Close market" would include the break down and clean up of the market space and getting leftover food to their secondary location - Part & Parcel / Community Fridge

Agency: CANDOR Farm

Need Type: Volunteer

Date: Multiple Shifts Available

Zip Code: 27707

Allow Groups: Yes


Volunteer: Senior Box

Set up, put boxes of food in seniors' cars, and break down after distribution.  Distribution is every 4th Saturday of the month 

Agency: Feed My Sheep of Durham

Set up, put boxes of food in seniors' cars, and break down after distribution.  Distribution is every 4th Saturday of the month 

Agency: Feed My Sheep of Durham

Need Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 27704

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: Food Pantry Volunteers

Covid-19 brought to light the heartbreaking extent of food insecurity in our community. Iglesia Emanuel, together with a large group of dedicated volunteers, has responded to this challenge with a weekly food pantry, providing large boxes and bags of nutritious and culturally appropriate food. Volunteers work in 2-hour shifts, Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, making it possible for us to serve over 600 families a week. Students aged 14 and up are welcome to volunteer on their own. Children aged 10 and up are welcome to volunteer under the supervision of a parent or other accompanying adult. Volunteers need to be over 18 for traffic control positions.

In addition to volunteering on site, you can help support this ministry by donating shelf stable food or bags of rice and beans. We always need more protein items (canned chicken, tuna, or peanut butter), cereal, and other nutritious food to complement the fresh produce that we give. 

Sign Up to volunteer here

To learn more about our food pantry, or to make a financial donation, see our webpage - emanuelfoodpantry.org

Agency: Emanuel Food Pantry

Covid-19 brought to light the heartbreaking extent of food insecurity in our community. Iglesia Emanuel, together with a large group of dedicated volunteers, has responded to this challenge with a weekly food pantry, providing large boxes and bags of nutritious and culturally appropriate food. Volunteers work in 2-hour shifts, Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, making it possible for us to serve over 600 families a week. Students aged 14 and up are welcome to volunteer on their own. Children aged 10 and up are welcome to volunteer under the supervision of a parent or other accompanying adult. Volunteers need to be over 18 for traffic control positions.

In addition to volunteering on site, you can help support this ministry by donating shelf stable food or bags of rice and beans. We always need more protein items (canned chicken, tuna, or peanut butter), cereal, and other nutritious food to complement the fresh produce that we give. 

Sign Up to volunteer here

To learn more about our food pantry, or to make a financial donation, see our webpage - emanuelfoodpantry.org

Agency: Emanuel Food Pantry

Need Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 27704

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: Help Needed: Geer Street Learning Garden Summer 2025

If interested volunteering with this opportunity be sure go to the Geer Street Learning Garden’s volunteer page, https://foodshuttle.galaxydigital.com/agency/detail/?agency_id=93790

Regular focuses will be on tasks such as weeding, planting and other jobs necessary for our garden to thrive! Please wear closed toed shoes and clothes that you do not mind getting dirty. We will supply gloves and all other necessary garden equipment. 

*Mulching will be an activity for the beginning of September* Regular Volunteer Hours are Tuesday & Thursday 8:30-11 am.

Please be sure to review our Geer Street Learning Garden Policies and Procedures especially if this will be the first time volunteering with us, have questions about what to wear or bring, or volunteering with youth. 

Address:

110 E Geer Street,

Durham 27701

Parking:

*FREE street parking is available on N Mangum and N Roxboro St. Please, DO NOT park at Reinvestment Partners. For a detailed map CLICK HERE 

Red- Where to park  Yellow- Where to enter the garden on foot 

If interested volunteering with this opportunity be sure go to the Geer Street Learning Garden’s volunteer page, https://foodshuttle.galaxydigital.com/agency/detail/?agency_id=93790

Agency: Inter-Faith Food Shuttle

If interested volunteering with this opportunity be sure go to the Geer Street Learning Garden’s volunteer page, https://foodshuttle.galaxydigital.com/agency/detail/?agency_id=93790

Regular focuses will be on tasks such as weeding, planting and other jobs necessary for our garden to thrive! Please wear closed toed shoes and clothes that you do not mind getting dirty. We will supply gloves and all other necessary garden equipment. 

*Mulching will be an activity for the beginning of September* Regular Volunteer Hours are Tuesday & Thursday 8:30-11 am.

Please be sure to review our Geer Street Learning Garden Policies and Procedures especially if this will be the first time volunteering with us, have questions about what to wear or bring, or volunteering with youth. 

Address:

110 E Geer Street,

Durham 27701

Parking:

*FREE street parking is available on N Mangum and N Roxboro St. Please, DO NOT park at Reinvestment Partners. For a detailed map CLICK HERE 

Red- Where to park  Yellow- Where to enter the garden on foot 

If interested volunteering with this opportunity be sure go to the Geer Street Learning Garden’s volunteer page, https://foodshuttle.galaxydigital.com/agency/detail/?agency_id=93790

Agency: Inter-Faith Food Shuttle

Need Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 27701

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: Briggs Ave Garden Volunteers

Volunteers may be planting seeds or plants, harvesting produce, spreading mulch, weeding, watering, organizing spaces, making friends, eating popsicles. You know regular gardening stuff! Please wear comfortable clothes and closed toed shoes wear a hat, and bring water, refills available on site.

 

Garden is open from the first weekend in March until the weekend before Thanksgiving in November. 

Available workday shifts for new volunteers:

Friday and Saturday each week

March through May 9am-12pm

June through August 8am-11am

September through the weekend before Thanksgiving 9am-12pm

Groups are welcome! Please contact Cindy @ 919-5607319 or ckriley@dconc.gov to schedule your group.

Briggs Ave Community Garden is an agriculture education space owned by the North Carolina Agriculture Foundation at NCSU. We are an Extension program offering applied food and nutrition education with a seed to table approach. We teach families how to grow food for themselves and others using USDA Organic methods following food safety from the garden to the table. 30% of the food we grow is donated to Durham Technical Community College pantry. 

Agency: Durham County Cooperative Extension

Volunteers may be planting seeds or plants, harvesting produce, spreading mulch, weeding, watering, organizing spaces, making friends, eating popsicles. You know regular gardening stuff! Please wear comfortable clothes and closed toed shoes wear a hat, and bring water, refills available on site.

 

Garden is open from the first weekend in March until the weekend before Thanksgiving in November. 

Available workday shifts for new volunteers:

Friday and Saturday each week

March through May 9am-12pm

June through August 8am-11am

September through the weekend before Thanksgiving 9am-12pm

Groups are welcome! Please contact Cindy @ 919-5607319 or ckriley@dconc.gov to schedule your group.

Briggs Ave Community Garden is an agriculture education space owned by the North Carolina Agriculture Foundation at NCSU. We are an Extension program offering applied food and nutrition education with a seed to table approach. We teach families how to grow food for themselves and others using USDA Organic methods following food safety from the garden to the table. 30% of the food we grow is donated to Durham Technical Community College pantry. 

Agency: Durham County Cooperative Extension

Need Type: Volunteer

Date: Runs Until Nov 22, 2025

Zip Code: 27703

Allow Groups: Yes