Volunteer

Neighbors In Need staff provides a framework in which over 400 volunteers work effectively each year. Annually, NIN is gifted over 11,500 hours of volunteer support. Volunteers sustain our organization by helping with daily operations in our pantries, assisting with food drives, providing office support and more.

First time volunteers must complete a volunteer application.


Warehouse Food Pantry bag packers
Volunteers pack bags at our Warehouse space at 60 Island St. in Lawrence. Morning and afternoon shifts available Monday through Friday. Youth and family shifts are available.


Diaper Pantry volunteers
Volunteers in our diaper pantry answer phones, assist new clients, fill orders, stock diaper shelves. Our diaper pantry is located in the east side basement at 60 Island Street Suite 74A - next door to the new NIN Food Warehouse.


Food and diaper delivery volunteers
Delivery shifts are available Monday through Friday. Volunteers make no contact deliveries to clients in need of food or diapers. This is especially important for our client families who have tested Covid + or are in quarantine or are at high risk. Delivery volunteers are given 5-7 deliveries for the Greater Lawrence area. Each group of deliveries takes approximately 2 hours and entails picking up food or diaper bags from NIN, calling or texting clients, and delivery.


FOOD PANTRY VOLUNTEERS
Help set up and distribute food at NIN food pantries. Teen volunteers 15 and older are welcome and volunteers 15 and under are welcome to help with a parent. Neighbors In Need food pantries take place out in the community – each day of the week we are in a different location. Pantry locations are included on the volunteer signup. Please note the pantry location when you sign up for your shift. We also need Spanish speaking and Mandarin speaking volunteers to help with client intake. These shifts are also listed on the volunteer signup.


For more information or to schedule a volunteer group, please email us at volunteer@needfood.org.