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Thank you for your interest in Second Harvest North Florida!

Second Harvest North Florida relies on thousands of volunteers every year to supplement the work of our small staff. Our year-round projects offer rewarding ways for individuals and groups of all kinds to contribute their time, talents and resources. In addition, we often call upon volunteers for special events and other urgent needs. Register online to schedule your volunteer opportunity with Second Harvest by clicking the button below. Or Contact Jessie Sanders, volunteer coordinator, at 904.517.5560 or jsanders@WeNourishHope.org for more information.

Your work will help struggling families in the Jacksonville area receive healthy food, a job that is desperately needed to sustain families in our community. Without volunteers, we would not be able to provide hungry families with one of life’s most basic necessities. Here at Second Harvest we have several different volunteer opportunities that provide a fun, easy and rewarding experience.

• Almost all volunteer experiences provide great team-building activities for families and organizations.
• Almost all take place at our warehouse where we sort, bag, and stock food for local distribution agencies.
• While working with Second Harvest you will learn how we fight hunger, help us fight hunger, and raise awareness of hunger in our community, just by volunteering with us. 

Volunteer times for sorting, packing or general office work

Monday-Thursday: 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m.–1 p.m.
Every second and fourth Saturday of the month: 9 a.m.–1 p.m.

Volunteer opportunities with Second Harvest North Florida

Sort, stock, and pack food for our “Sharing Floor” and distribution agencies.

• A vital job at our warehouse where volunteer’s sort and stock like food in preparation for our “Sharing Floor” and distribution in our community.
• Every week we need hundreds of boxes and bags of food prepared for struggling families. These include:
    - Specifically organized “Family Boxes” or family bags.
    - Nourishing food for new mothers at “Shands maternity”
    - Kid “Backpacks” prepared with sustaining food for children who may not have other resources on the weekend or on school vacation.

General office work (times listed above)

• On occasion we need a dedicated volunteer to perform simple filing, data entry, copying, etc.  

Gather fresh food

• We have an exciting new opportunity to gather fresh food in fields and bring it back to our warehouse to prepare for distribution. This allows us to provide fresh healthy food to struggling families. This opportunity comes at short notice and occurs at all times. Therefore, we ask interested volunteers sign up for notifications ahead of time.

Special Events

• Outreach events occur annually all year long. During these we aid struggling families and provide awareness on hunger in our community.
    - National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive (May)
    - Jacksonville Jaguars Family Food Drive (October or November)
    - First Coast News Be a Hero Food Drive (December)
    - Empty Bowls Luncheon (November)

Food Drives in your local community

• Lead a local food drive and raise awareness in your workplace, community, or place of worship.