Needs From: HRDC

Help our kitchen crew prepare Fork & Spoon’s evening dinner! We serve over 150 people every Monday - Friday & our kitchen crew needs some help with cutting, peeling, dicing, mixing etc. Lifting of moderately heavy items may be needed.

Minimum age is 18.

We would love to have a bimonthly commitment at least, if not every week.

If you have questions please contact me. Email is best.

This orientation is for volunteers who are interested in weekly support shifts in our store and warehouse. Many of our Store Operations Team volunteers choose one Morning, Afternoon, or Evening shift to work every week! These shifts include:

There are many other opportunities that do not require an orientation, please see our program page and click 'see more needs' to view all of our volunteering options. 

Store Operations Team Orientations are typically offered once a month, on Monday evenings from 5-6 pm. We look forward to onboarding volunteers who are interested in joining this team at HRDC's Market Place!

Please enter through the Main Entrance & meet in the Market Place lobby, located at 206 East Griffin Drive. 

Reach out to our Volunteer Coordinator with any questions at volunteergvfb@thehrdc.org 

Help create a safe, welcoming, and dignified environment for our guests as they access essential services, meet with housing counselors, and decompress. As a Facility Readiness & Guest Support Volunteer, you’ll play a key role in keeping our operations running smoothly and supporting guests on their path to stability.

Shift Focus Areas:

Kitchen Oversight: Support meal service and maintain a clean, organized kitchen.

Laundry Assistance: Help guests with laundry pick-up and drop-off.

Donations Management: Receive, organize, and inventory donations; complete donor receipts.

Facility Readiness: Prepare the building for drop-in (9 a.m.–12 p.m.) and shelter services (evening).

Guest Support: Assist with lockers, bunk readiness, and general customer service.

Cleaning & Organization: Maintain cleanliness and order throughout the facility and grounds.

Note: The Drop-In Center is closed on holidays.

Join us to make a meaningful impact—you’ll hear inspiring stories while helping provide comfort, care, and stability for our community.

Volunteer at Homeward Point, come to orientation to check out the new facility and learn about the amazing and heart warming volunteer opportunities we have at Homeward Point.

Main Entrance Volunteer
Welcome guests to Homeward Point and help create a safe, friendly, and supportive environment. Duties may include:

Greeting and checking in guests as they arrive

Assisting with locker and storage access

Managing the guest laundry and/or downstairs shower signup sheet

Be a warm and reassuring presence as guests begin their evening with us.

Support Homeward Point by preparing the facility for Day Services and evening Shelter operations. Help create a clean, safe, and welcoming space for guests.

Duties may include:

Cleaning bunkrooms, bathrooms, common areas, and grounds

Assisting with laundry and general facility upkeep

Organizing shared spaces

This quiet, independent shift is a great way to start your volunteer journey. Please note: The Drop-In Center is closed on holidays.

During this shift, the facility will (hopefully) be fairly quiet by the time you get in. Guests will have followed their night routines and found their way to bed, for the most part, and this provides critical downtime to complete tasks that we do not have the time to do during opening and closing operations. Cleaning and organizing things is a big part of this shift, and gives the opportunity to quietly get stuff done that is often pushed aside during our busier hours.

Volunteers at Homeward Point help to ensure our guests have a safe and welcoming environment to access services and decompress. You will hear some of the most inspiring and heartwarming stories while helping to keep operations running smoothly!

Duties that might be expected from this role include:

Help ensure a safe, welcoming environment for guests during evening hours. Duties may include:

Assisting guests with lockers and bunks

Handling laundry and distributing hygiene items

Supporting operations wherever needed

Be a reassuring presence and help guests feel cared for as they settle in for the night.

This volunteer shift is a great opportunity for anyone looking into doing a couple of hours of volunteering early in the morning before work or school.

Between 7am and 8am the facility will get especially busy, as folks prepare to head out for their days. You will likely find yourself spending a lot of time opening lockers and distributing hygiene products and food as people go about their morning routines.

Volunteers at Homeward Point help to ensure our guests have a safe and welcoming environment to access services, meet with resource navigators, and decompress. You will hear some of the most inspiring and heartwarming stories while helping to keep operations running smoothly!

Duties that might be expected from this role include:

Every weekday morning we operate four separate food rescue routes in order to bring in just over 1,000,000 pounds of food rescue donations every year from local grocery stores and businesses. 

We are always looking to add new volunteer drivers into the mix. In order to drive for us, you must have a valid drivers license, a clean driving record, and be able to pass a driver history check. You must also be able to lift up to 50 pounds on a regular basis. By filling out a response to this need, you are letting us know that you are interested in driving. When we have availability, we can schedule you for a ride along to begin your training. 

For questions, please contact Chris Bokovoy, our Food Rescue Coordinator at cbokovoy@thehrdc.org

Due to the training required and the cost of a background and driver history checks, we ask for a minimum 3-month commitment for this opportunity. 

We hold recovery groups daily Tuesday-Friday, 11:00-1:00 that focus on community building, harm reduction, and the journey of recovery for our customers. While our peer support specialist creates groups specific to the journey of recovery, our customers also truly benefit from any group activity when they learn, work together, and enjoy time together.

We welcome anyone with a specific interest, activity, hobby, or knowledge, to come a lead a recovery group when our customers activity participate in that activity together. This could be, but not limited to...

- Arts/crafts

- Physical activity: walking, hiking, yoga, athletics, etc.

- Life skills: meditation, finance, nutrition, education etc.

- Music

This group leadership could be a one-time leadership, reoccur monthly, or reoccur weekly!

We hold recovery groups daily Tuesday-Friday, 11:00-1:00 that focus on community building, harm reduction, and the journey of recovery for our customers. While our peer support specialist creates groups specific to the journey of recovery, our customers also truly benefit from the experience and stories of community members who have also gone through the journey of recovery. 

We welcome anyone with a lived experience or recovery story to participate in our recovery groups to share their experience with our customers.

This group leadership could be a one-time leadership, reoccur monthly, or reoccur weekly!

The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), known at the Food Bank
as Senior Groceries, provides nutritious foods to senior households with an income at
or below 130% of the federal poverty threshold (for example: $1,883 for a household of one
and $2,555 for a household of two).  Each eligible senior is provided with extra
groceries each month including staple food items such as canned fruit and
vegetables, grains, dairy products, proteins, cereal, and juice. We utilize 30 different
volunteer delivery routes to get all this food to our clients.

Drivers must be at least 18 years old and complete a DMV and background check in order to volunteer. Due to the cost of these checks, and the importance of developing relationships with the delivery clients, a 6-month minimum commitment is required in this position. 

Each client’s delivery weighs approximately 28 lbs.

***Please fill out a brief response under the blue 'Respond' button above and our Programs Coordinator will get back to you!*** 

If you have required community service hours to fulfill, please fill out the form found here: 

https://gallatinvalleyfoodbank.org/give-help/volunteer/community-service/

Once you have submitted the form, you will be emailed directions on how to schedule your community service shifts.

Types of community service hours may include: school hours, university conduct hours, court mandated hours. Volunteer shifts are typically 3-4 hours long. 

Do you have a group of volunteers from your school or work that want to volunteer together?

We schedule volunteer groups to complete a variety of projects including: 

Not all of these projects are available all of the time, it depends on what the greatest needs are at the time of scheduling. We schedule groups according to the number of attendees, ages of participating minors, current inventory, and availability. We will do our best to get your group scheduled for a session! 

***Please fill out a brief response form by clicking the blue 'Respond' button above if you are interested in a group volunteer project at the food bank. Include your group size, ages of any children, and dates/times of availability***