Feeding Westchester

Volunteer your time in the fight against hunger

Volunteers are an integral part of feeding the community. Donate your time to pack food, raise funds, or help from home. You can provide food — and hope — to those who need it.

Ways you can help

Food, funds, your time, or voice — any action can help deliver nourishing meals to neighbors in need.

Become a volunteer

Through the passionate support of volunteers we provide food for our neighbors.

Create an Account

First, create an account to register and sign up for volunteer opportunities.

Register for a Shift

After you’ve successfully created your volunteer account, you can view the calendar of volunteer opportunities that are scheduled for specific days and times—and register for any open shifts you’d like!

Get in Touch

Additional opportunities to give back

Community Service

Court-Ordered Time

Corporate Engagement

Volunteer with your organization

Engage your employees in purpose-driven activities. Strengthen your team dynamic — pack produce, shelf-stable food, or sort and repack — while giving back to your community and providing food for children, seniors, and families.

Inquire about corporate volunteer opportunities

Feeding Westchester is excited to welcome groups of up to 20 team members to pack at our distribution center in Elmsford. There is a $2,500 engagement fee requested for all group opportunities, which supports our mission to bring 20 million pounds of food to nourish our neighbors.

Click here to view our Corporate Pack flyer then complete the form below. To view photos from our corporate groups, click here.

We are also happy to offer custom projects at the location of your choice. Fees start at $3,500 and is dependent on the number of volunteers and number of hours.

For other ways to support, such as food drives and fundraisers, click here.

Interested in learning more? Fill out this form and we will connect with you.

Third-Party Events and Promotions

Third-party events and promotions are fundraising events that schools, organizations, businesses, and other groups organize to help raise funds for Feeding Westchester.

Third-party events are implemented by outside organizations for the benefit of Feeding Westchester. The sponsoring organization must be respected in the community and one whose reputation will enhance Feeding Westchester’s public image.

To protect both the donating parties and Feeding Westchester, the following guidelines must be followed. We ask that our prospective donors read and understand these guidelines, prior to registering your promotion. Please submit your application by completing the form below.

  1. The sponsoring organization is responsible for all sales, marketing, promotion, and planning of the event.
  2. Staff and/or volunteers presence at an event is never guaranteed and is determined on a case by case basis and is usually related to revenue and exposure levels.
  3. Feeding Westchester will NOT supply any funding to finance a third-party event/promotion and will not be responsible for any debts incurred.
  4. Feeding Westchester reserves the right to deny any application for an event/promotion that does not complement the mission of, or project a positive image of Feeding Westchester.
  5. Hazardous events will not be considered.
  6. If only a portion of the proceeds will go directly to Feeding Westchester, the sponsorship organization must clearly disclose to purchasers, participants, etc. the approximate amount of dollars and/or percent of the proceeds that will go to Feeding Westchester.
  7. All publicity and/or promotional materials released to the mass media referencing Feeding Westchester’s involvement require advance approval from Feeding Westchester.
  8. Feeding Westchester does not share or sell its internal list of donors or supporters, nor do we solicit these contacts specifically for third-party promotions (including ticket sales, etc.).
  9. All checks from participants of third party events/promotions must be made out to Feeding Westchester in order to qualify as charitable contributions. Use of Feeding Westchester’s tax identification number also requires Feeding Westchester’s prior approval.
  10. Sponsoring organization must tender the percentage of net proceeds from the event to Feeding Westchester within thirty (30) days of the event.
  11. Feeding Westchester reserves the right to decide whether the event will be placed on Feeding Westchester’s website or included in other Feeding Westchester communications.
  12. The sponsoring organization agrees to indemnify, refund and hold Feeding Westchester harmless against and in respect of any and all claims, demands, losses, costs, expenses, obligations, liabilities, damages, recoveries and deficiencies, including interests, penalties, and reasonable attorney fees that shall be incurred or suffered by Feeding Westchester which arise, result from or related to the event/promotion, the sponsoring organization’s performance of its agreement as specified in these guidelines and the Third Party application form.
  13. Sponsoring organizations who donate food to Feeding Westchester will receive an in-kind contribution statement with the number of pounds collected/donated. Financial receipts with tax language and estimated values will not be provided for food donations.
  14. Sponsoring organizations that collect financial contributions to purchase food for Feeding Westchester will receive an in-kind contribution statement with the number of pounds collected/donated. Financial receipts with tax language and estimated values will not be provided to individual donors.
  15. At the completion of the event/promotion, all checks should be made payable to Feeding Westchester and mailed to:

    Feeding Westchester
    Attn: Development/Events
    200 Clearbrook Road
    Elmsford, NY 10523

    *Please note the name and date of your event/promotion in the memo or in an accompanying letter.

Submission process: Please allow 2-3 days for review. Once your application has been reviewed, you will be contacted via email. If you have questions, please contact:

Elisabeth Vieselmeyer

Senior Director, Corporate, Foundation, and Community

evieselmeyer@feedingwestchester.org

Hold a Third Party Event

To hold a third-party event/promotion, please submit the application below:
Group/Organization

Event/Promotion Description

Event/Promotion Coordinator Information

Help from Home

Make an impact by crafting Help from Home meal bags. These bags, filled with seasonal meals, are perfect to put together remotely at home, with your co-workers, or your local community group.

Learn more about Help from Home bags, or if student service hours are needed, Student Help from Home bags, below.

Donated bags will be distributed though our summer Child-Feeding programs. Download a printable flyer here.

Guidelines

  • All food items must have nutrition facts and ingredients on labels
  • Must fit into a gallon-sized Ziploc bag
  • Items must be newly purchased (items past “best by date” will not
    be accepted)
  • Low sodium preferred, fruit in juice or light syrup, please.
  • No glass
  • Peanut-free only

Snack Bag Contents

  • Pretzels
  • Crackers
  • Veggie chips
  • Teddy Grahams
  • Fruit snacks
  • Breakfast bars
  • Juice boxes or pouches

 

Drop off completed bags in the collection bins outside of our building every Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Reach out to Director of Volunteer Services, Nancy Lyons, at nlyons@feedingwestchester.org for more information.

Donated bags will be distributed though our Child Feeding programs. Download a printable flyer here.

Guidelines

  • All food items must have nutrition facts and ingredients on labels
  • Must fit into a gallon-sized Ziploc bag
  • Items must be newly purchased (items past “best by date” will not
    be accepted)
  • Low sodium preferred, fruit in juice or light syrup, please.
  • No glass
  • Peanut-free only

Breakfast Bag

  • Small box of cereal
  • Shelf-stable milk box or juice box
  • Cereal bar

Lunch Bag 

  • Tuna or chicken salad kit
  • Juice box or pouch
  • Fruit roll up or fruit snack

Dinner Bag 

  • Microwaveable ring-top pasta meal cup or microwavable mac and cheese cup
  • Shelf-stable milk box or juice box/pouch
  • Applesauce squeeze pouch or applesauce cup
  • Fruit snack or fruit roll up

 

Drop off completed bags in the collection bins outside of our building every Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Reach out to Director of Volunteer Services, Nancy Lyons, at nlyons@feedingwestchester.org for more information.

This is the perfect student volunteer project, specially designed bags for students who need service hours. Please be sure to email us about the project, including your name and the name of your school/religious institution, and let us know if you need a letter of completion when you drop off your completed bags.

Download a printable flyer here.

Guidelines

  • All food items must have nutrition facts and ingredients on labels
  • Must fit into a gallon-sized Ziploc bag
  • Items must be newly purchased (items past “best by date” will not
    be accepted)
  • Low sodium preferred, fruit in juice or light syrup, please.
  • No glass
  • Peanut-free only

Pasta & Sauce 

  • Box of pasta (1 pound)
  • Can or plastic jar of sauce

Peanut Butter & Jelly 

  • Plastic jar of peanut butter
  • Plastic jar or squeeze bottle of jelly

Hours Earned

  • 15 bags = 2 hours
  • 21-30 bags = 4 hours
  • 31-40 bags = 5 hours
  • 41-55 bags = 8 hours
  • 56-60 bags = 9 hours
  • 61-74 bags = 10 hours
  • 75+ bags = to be determined by Volunteer Services Department

 

Drop off completed bags in the collection bins outside of our distribution center, 200 Clearbrook Road, Elmsford, NY, every Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Reach out to Director of Volunteer Services, Nancy Lyons, at nlyons@feedingwestchester.org for more information.

Together, we feed for a better tomorrow

Donate
Your support helps stock the shelves of our neighbors struggling with hunger.
Find Help
Whether through a meal program or food pantry—find the help you need today.
Host a Food Drive
Draw on the community around you by hosting a food drive to help those in need.
Start a Fundraiser
Take collective action for your community—start your own fundraiser to help reduce hunger.

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