Thousands of volunteers from all walks of life lend their time and talents to support the work of the Kansas Food Bank. Some volunteer once, others on an almost full-time basis.

We accept volunteers between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Volunteers must be 18 years of age to be in the warehouse.

Fill Backpacks

Our biggest need is for volunteers to help fill 5,000 zip-bags of food per week for our Food-4-Kids backpack program. These bags of single-serve, kid-friendly foods are distributed to the state’s hungriest kids, ensuring that they will have something to eat over weekends when they are away from school meal programs. Groups can schedule a time to volunteer by contacting Larry Gunkel at (316) 265-4421 or by email, lgunkel@ksfoodbank.org.

Other

In addition, we can also use volunteers for Office Work (answering phones, filing, copying, etc.) and/or Warehouse Work (sorting donated food, loading vehicles, organizing). Groups interested in volunteering in some capacity other than filling backpacks, contact us and indicate the type of work you want to help with, how many people, when, etc. and we will look forward to your help! Contact Larry Gunkel by calling (316) 265-4421 or by email, lgunkel@ksfoodbank.org.

UPDATE:  Feb 29, 2012  Currently all warehouse and backpack volunteer positions are full for March.  We do still have regular office help positions open on the following afternoons between 1:00 pm and 4 pm:  Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.  If you are interested in filling one of those time slots on a regular basis, please contact Debi at 265-3663.