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Group Volunteer Opportunities

Corporate Groups (companies and businesses) may direct inquiries to our Business Partnerships team by filling out this inquiry form. For any non-volunteering inquiries, please email [email protected].

Community Groups (not-for-profit clubs, schools, associations, or organizations) may fill out this inquiry form and read FAQs.

Find ways to volunteer below. You can also learn more about volunteering as an individual.

Repack

Much of the food that City Harvest procures through partnerships with farmers, wholesalers, or through local food drives arrives in large capacity containers, which can be challenging to distribute equitably. Help us take thousands of pounds of produce and repack it from large, bulk containers into smaller, family-sized units that community food programs can easily distribute to their clients.
Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays. Both morning (10am to 12:30pm) and afternoon (2pm to 4:30pm) shifts are available.
Maximum Group Size: 120 volunteers
Location: City Harvest Cohen Community Food Rescue Center (171 53rd Street, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, 11232).
Minimum Age and Chaperone Requirements: 10 years old. For groups, we require one adult chaperone per every four youth (under 18) volunteers.

Mobile Market

These farmers’ market-style distributions deliver fresh produce free of charge 18 times a month across all five boroughs. You will distribute thousands of pounds of fruits and vegetables to hundreds of families.
Schedule: Weekdays and Saturdays from 8:30am to 12pm.
Maximum Group Size: 10 volunteers
Locations: Northwest Queens, Washington Heights/Inwood, Bed-Stuy, Sunset Park, South Bronx, and Staten Island. Click for more information on Mobile Markets.
Minimum Age and Chaperone Requirements: 14 years old. For groups, we require one adult chaperone per every four youth (under 18) volunteers.

Field Trip

Interested in teaching your students about food waste, food rescue, and how they can help feed our neighbors in New York City? Bring your school group to visit City Harvest’s Food Rescue Center in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Students will learn about our work have a guided tour of our warehouse, and participate in a hands-on volunteer activity where they will repack rescued produce into smaller family-sized bags for our trucks to deliver to food pantries for distribution to New Yorkers in need.
To request a Field Trip, click here and complete the inquiry form.
Schedule: 10:30am to 1:00pm, one Wednesday per month
Maximum Group Size: 60 participants (Total; inclusive of both students and chaperones/teachers)
Location: City Harvest’s Cohen Community Food Rescue Center in Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Age and Chaperone Requirements: This opportunity is available to children ages 6 to 9 years old. We require one adult chaperone for every four youth volunteers.

Greenmarket Rescue (Seasonal)

Rescue thousands of pounds of fresh, seasonal produce that would otherwise go to waste at Greenmarkets across the city. At the close of the market, volunteers collect excess food from local farmers and help load it onto City Harvest trucks, which immediately deliver the food to soup kitchens and food pantries across the city.
Schedule: Wednesdays (5pm to 6:30pm) and Saturdays (4:30pm to 6:30pm), only available July – December
Maximum Group Size: 10 volunteers
Location: Union Square Greenmarket
Minimum Age and Chaperone Requirements: 11 years old. For groups, we require one adult chaperone per every four youth (under 18) volunteers.

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