Getting Involved!

Volunteering in the Pantry

We are open for distribution Tuesdays from 3:15pm to 7:00pm and Wednesdays from 9:00am to 11:00am.

Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer can reach out to our Volunteer Coordinator. Email to: volunteer@mountkiscofoodpantry.org

Becoming a Volunteer

Thank you for your interest in volunteering! Our volunteers are important partners in the effort to alleviate hunger in our community. You can make a real difference in the lives of our neighbors!

If you’d like to be a Pantry volunteer, please go to our Volunteer Application page and read the Volunteer Handbook and Release and Waiver of Liability, and then fill out and submit the Volunteer Application.

If you are 17 or younger, fill out and submit the Volunteer Application. Then, have your parent or guardian complete and submit the Youth Volunteer Permission form.

Our Volunteer Coordinator will contact you.

Note: If you are a member of one of our sponsoring congregations and you want to help, please contact the Pantry representative from your congregation.

Volunteer opportunities

  • Weekly Food Distributions:
    Volunteers are assigned to a food station and assist our guests with choosing foods and staples.
    Tuesdays - 3:00pm - 5:00pm, 5:00pm - 7:00pm

    Wednesdays - 9:00am - 11:00am (please arrive by 8:30am)
    You must be 16 years of age or older.

  • Packing Produce Bags:
    Tuesdays - 9:30am - 12:00pm

  • Date-Checking, Weighing, Sorting, and Shelving Food Donations: As needed.

  • Home Deliveries Operations:
    Every other Thursday morning - 8:00am - 11:30am
    Volunteers needed to gather food and produce bags for Home Delivery drivers
    We also need volunteer drivers to deliver bags of groceries to our neighbors who are homebound. This program benefits seniors, disabled individuals, and those recovering from illness or injury. Volunteers use their own car. (no contact)

  • Receiving Food Deliveries:
    Fridays - 9:00am - 11:30am or 1:30pm - 3:30pm (must be able to lift/push 50 lbs.)

  • Special Projects/Community Drives. As needed
    Saturdays     - 9:00am - 11:00am. Packing grocery bags. As needed.

  • “School’s Out Supplement” Bags (summer)
    Tuesdays - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
    Pack lunches for families during the summer months when school is out.

Other Ways You Can Help

  • Collecting Food: Volunteers are needed to pick up food from vendors and commercial donors for delivery to the Pantry. Many local merchants donate food items for pickup each week. Purchased bulk food is picked up at discount outlets around Westchester County. Most food runs take one to two hours. Note: volunteers must use their own car. 

  • Food Drives:  The Pantry relies on donations of non-perishable items to supplement the stock of items not currently available through our regular suppliers. These are difficult times! If you/your organization would like to organize a food drive, please contact our Director. Call 914-610-5187 or email to director@mountkiscofoodpantry.org.

  • Online food collection: YOU/your organization/your friends can order food for us on the Pantry’s special Amazon Smile Wish List page. (CLICK on the green BOX below.)

  • Donating Food: Donations of non-perishable groceries may be brought directly to the Pantry weekdays from 10:00 am to 7:00pm and left in the receiving containers outside the main Pantry door, located in Halstead Hall behind the United Methodist Church. PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE EXPIRED FOOD.

  • The AmazonSmile charity is a simple way for you to help us every time you shop, at no cost to you. AmazonSmile is available at smile.amazon.com on your web browser and can be easily activated on your Amazon Shopping app. When you shop through smile.amazon.com, it automatically donates 0.5% of your eligible purchases to us! It’s that simple!

For additional information on any of these activities, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator at: volunteer@mountkiscofoodpantry.org

Our Volunteer Program, Operations and Distribution model have adapted to adhere to safety and health protocols in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. All volunteers must be vaccinated and wear a mask at all times. Social distancing of 6 feet is respected. Hand sanitizers & disposable gloves are provided. DO NOT VOLUNTEER IF YOU ARE ILL, OR HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO SOMEONE WHO IS ILL.

Many other ways to Volunteer

We are always looking for people willing to share their skills in Finance, IT, Legal, Data Analytics, and Communications. Please contact Sharon Seidell at president@mountkiscofoodpantry.org for more information.