What volunteers do
What volunteers do
Assist with food and beverage preparation, washing dishes and kitchen equipment, and ensuring the cleanliness of work surfaces. Volunteers may also be involved in tasks like portioning and wrapping food, using kitchen appliances to prepare food, and cleaning and sanitizing the kitchen.
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Special requirements
Special requirements
Must be 16+
This program is popular with
This program is popular with
Students
30-50 years olds
Seniors
More volunteer programs
More volunteer programs
Assist our Education Team at education information tables and presenting presentations. Opportunities for education information tables are available in the summer while presentations to schools, correctional facilities, universities, and community centres are throughout the year.
You can change a child’s life by being a mentor. Being a Mentor means being a friend and role model. It’s about spending time together, talking, sharing, and creating happy memories.
Play games and do art activities with children while their mothers attend our workshops. Volunteers are required for workshops every Saturday morning from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm.
We are in need of volunteers for special events and for the Board. Board meetings are held at the Community Centre on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 7:30 pm (except for July, August and December). At the present time, all meetings take place online through the Zoom application.
Warehouse assistants primarily help with receiving, sorting, and organizing food donations, preparing food hampers, and maintaining a clean and safe warehouse environment. They also assist with loading and unloading delivery vehicles and may be involved in other tasks as needed.
Must be 16+
Every day, we depend on volunteers to help serve meals, support families, care for vulnerable individuals, and strengthen our neighbourhoods. Volunteer opportunities could include sorting items, stocking shelves, making sandwiches and packing bag lunches, assisting in meal preparation and kitchen tasks, organizing community events, or contributing to office administration.
We provide a variety of get together events and activities for retired persons, seniors, and elderly individuals. We need volunteers to assist with planning and preparing events and activities for our retired members, as well as general administrative work such as answering phones.
Assist REACH Food Education staff with the running of cooking classes (help with setup and teardown, assist cooking class participants as needed)
Bag dry goods such as pasta, rice,cereal, etc. Clean and build boxes
Assist clients with learning basic sewing skills. Classes usually run once a week and are open to women clients only.