Become a Food Link Volunteer
Food Link is powered by over 300 dedicated volunteers who work to collect, sort, and distribute food to our community partners 7 days a week, between 7 am and 9:30 pm.
If you are interested in volunteering with Food Link, click here to begin our volunteer onboarding process. Please contact flip@foodlinkma.org if you have any questions.
If you have already volunteered with us, you can sign up for a shift on our volunteer portal or by emailing flip@foodlinkma.org.
Grocery Store
Sorter-Packer: Groups of 2-5 volunteers meet at the loading dock of a grocery store to sort/pack rescued food. Quality sorting is crucial to ensure that our agencies receive high quality food and their recipients receive food with dignity and respect.
Sorter-Driver: Same as above. When sorting is complete, load boxes of food into your personal vehicle for transport to a recipient agency or back to the Food Link Hub.
Age requirement: 16+. Sorter-Drivers must have a valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle.
Photo credit: MJ Keeler Photography
Pickups and Deliveries
Pickup route: Pick up food from food donors (bakeries, farmers markets, small grocery stores, etc.) and bring it to a recipient agency or to the Food Link Hub.
Delivery route: Pick up food from the Food Link Hub and deliver it to a recipient agency.
Age Requirement: Drivers must be 16+, have a valid driver’s license, and access to a vehicle. Passengers of any age are welcome to ride in the car and help with loading/unloading. At grocery stores, kids under 16 must stay in the car.
Photo credit: Albert Lew
Van Driver
Drive the Food Link vans to various destinations including Grocery shifts, Pickup/Delivery shifts, and bulk-pickups — large size pickups from wholesale partners.
Age requirement: Drivers must be 18+ and have a valid driver’s license, plus complete an additional 1 hour van training.
Photo credit: Albert Lew
The Hub
Assist with daily operating tasks including sorting produce and nonperishable food, loading/unloading vehicles at the dock, repacking food and bagging bread, composting, clean-up tasks, and other needs that arise. Volunteers at the Hub help with the customization of deliveries by packing and allocating food according to the preferences of different agencies, helping to promote choice.
Age Requirement: 9+. Volunteers ages 9-13 must be accompanied by an adult.
Photo credit: MJ Keeler Photography
If you are interested in volunteering with Food Link, click here to begin our volunteer onboarding process. Please contact flip@foodlinkma.org if you have any questions.
