Opportunities From: United Way of King County

North Helpline's food levels depend on daily grocery rescue runs with partnered stores! In order to retrieve and sort this food to prepare for distribution, we need drivers to make runs for us in the morning. Drivers can use their own vehicles, or one among our fleet of North Helpline-branded vehicles, and we provide training for making the pickup.

Grocery Rescue is a weekly volunteer position that requires some training and a long-term commitment. Additionally, volunteers are required to have a valid driver's license, pass a background check, be comfortable lifting heavy boxes upwards of 30 lbs, and have some availability on a particular weekday morning between 8-11am.

Interested in working with us? Click the "Respond" button and we will follow up with you. We hope to hear from you soon!

Help ensure food security for your neighbors by volunteering with North Helpline's food bank in Lake City!

Some neighbors do not have the ability or connections necessary to shop for themselves at our weekly food distributions. To counter these barriers, North Helpline provides home delivery to homebound individuals every other week on Tuesday and Thursday.

We pack on Tuesday and Thursdays from 9:30am-1:30pm with dietary needs and restrictions in mind. Because of this and the particular needs of some neighbors, attention to detail is a key attribute needed to help pack these boxes. Dietary knowledge for needs such as diabetes, gluten intolerance, and food allergies, as well as the ability to lift up to 30 pounds is also a plus.

Interested in working with us? Click the "Respond" button and we will follow up with you. We hope to hear from you soon!

A couple extra points: We require all volunteers scheduled to work on-site to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and present proof of vaccination before they start their shift. If you have questions regarding this, feel free to email or message us.  Please wear season-appropriate clothing as our warehouse is not a climate-controlled environment. Closed-toe shoes are required.

Help ensure food security for your neighbors by volunteering with North Helpline's food banks in Lake City and Bitter Lake!

Everyday we get wonderful donations from local stores, pea patches, and individual donors. Help us ensure we are only distributing food that we would pick up ourselves! 

Volunteers are needed to inspect the quality of food coming in from donations and partner organizations. You can expect to work with 3-4 other volunteers as we sort through items, and will often need to lift crates of up to 30 lbs.

We have food bank receiving and sorting opportunities throughout the week including:

Lake City: Tuesday to Saturday (Except Friday) 9 AM to 1 PM Lake City: Friday 10 AM to 2 PM Bitter Lake: Thursday 10 AM to 2 PM

Interested in working with us? Click the "Respond" button and we will follow up with you. We hope to hear from you soon!

A couple extra points: We require all volunteers scheduled to work on-site to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and present proof of vaccination before they start their shift. If you have questions regarding this, feel free to email or message us.  Please wear season-appropriate clothing as our warehouse is not a climate-controlled environment. Closed-toe shoes are required.

Some of the people who most need to access services are unable to come to us - so we go to them! This program is special and has volunteers working one on one with our neighbors. We anticipate that neighbors and volunteers will form a friendship as they get to know each other.

With our Home Delivery Program, volunteers pick up pre-made boxes from our location in Lake City to deliver to neighbors in the area. This is a weekly or bi-weekly volunteer position that requires some training and at least a 9-month time commitment. Additionally, volunteers are required to have a valid driver's license and be comfortable lifting heavy boxes upwards of 30 lbs, and be available on Thursday afternoons for a two-hour interval between 1-5 pm.

Interested in working with us? Click the "Respond" button and we will follow up with you. We hope to hear from you soon!

At North Helpline we assist neighbors with more than nutrition. Our Client Services team invites neighbors to access personal and household items including diapers, incontinence products, pet products, and hygiene items to further alleviate financial pressures.

The Client Services volunteer positions include greeting neighbors outdoors and distributing numbers, checking in neighbors in our database outdoors when their number is called or registering new members to access our services inside our Client Services office and providing them with resources both within our organization and in the community. Volunteers interested in Client Services are invited to join us for distribution first to have an understanding of the needs of this position.

Like all of our staff and volunteers, volunteers in the CS office positions are required to have compassion and treat everyone with respect. The Client Services office volunteers often work independently, with another volunteer member or a staff member.  To meet our neighbors needs we ask for everyone to arrive on time for their scheduled shift.

Our current Client Services volunteer opportunities are:

Wednesdays 8:30 am to 11:15 am and 11:00 am to 2:00 pm Thursdays from 3:30 pm to 7:00 pm Saturdays from 8:30 am to 11:15 am and 11:00 am to 2:00 pm

Interested in working with us? Please click the "Respond" button and we will reach out with more information. We hope to hear from you soon!

Help ensure food security for your neighbors by volunteering with North Helpline's food banks in Lake City and Bitter Lake!

On distribution days volunteers greet neighbors, distribute food, restock shelves, and help those done shopping out to their transportation.

You can expect to serve with 10 to 12 other volunteers (5-6 at Bitter Lake). We keep volunteer crews small to help with social distancing but that means we count on everyone to show up for their shift and be on time.

We have three food bank distributions throughout the week, some with multiple shifts:

Lake City: Wednesday morning/afternoons 8:30am-11:15am and 11:00am-2:30pm Lake City: Thursday evenings from 3:30pm to 7:30pm Lake City: Saturday morning/afternoons 8:30am-11:15am and 11:00am-2:30pm Bitter Lake: Saturday morning/afternoons 8:30am-11:15am and 11:00am-2:30pm

Interested in working with us? Click the "Respond" button and we will follow up with you. We hope to hear from you soon!

A couple extra points: We require all volunteers scheduled to work on-site to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and present proof of vaccination before they start their shift. If you have questions regarding this, feel free to email or message us.  Please wear seasonally appropriate clothing as our warehouse is not a climate-controlled environment. Closed-toe shoes are required.