Arizona's Food Banks Need Volunteers

Our team is sharing this call to action from the Arizona Food Bank Network in the time of community need.

Additional Food Banks are in need of support. Find a Food Bank in your community here and reach out to volunteer if you are able.

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Hi there,

I realize most of you are reading this from home offices, with kids at home still in pajamas. I hope you are staying healthy and following necessary public health guidance.  

At this time, we need your help. Food banks across the state are experiencing unprecedented levels of need, and are in dire need of volunteers. To pack food boxes. To help with distribution. To give food bank staff a break.

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If you are healthy and not in a high-risk group, and able to commit a few hours to helping your neighbors, please consider volunteering at one of our five member food banks.

  • Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona: 3003 S. Country Club Rd., Tucson, AZ, 85713

  • St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance: Walk-in volunteers are welcome.

    • Main warehouse: 2831 N. 31st Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85009  Volunteers will help distribute food to clients using a “minimal contact,” outdoor distribution model.

      • Monday–Friday: 8:30am–4:30pm

    • Knight Center: 3131 W. Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ, 85017  Volunteers will help pack emergency food boxes.

      • Monday–Friday: 9am–11am and 1pm–3pmSaturday: 8am–10am and 12pm–2pm

    • St. Mary’s-Surprise: 13050 W Elm St, Surprise, AZ, 85378

      • Monday–Friday: 8:30am–4:30pm Volunteers will help distribute food to clients using a “minimal contact,” outdoor distribution model.

  • United Food Bank: 358 E. Javelina Ave., Mesa, AZ, 85210 register here.

  • Yuma Community Food Bank: 2404 E. 24th St., Yuma, AZ, 85365  

We want to make sure you stay healthy so to mitigate risk, food banks are:

  • Limiting the number of people who can volunteer at one time to ensure adequate social distancing space (this is why contacting the food bank first is critical)

  • Cleaning more thoroughly and frequently, especially surfaces touched by multiple people

  • Making hand sanitizer, hand washing stations and gloves available

  • Encouraging frequent 20-second hand washing breaks

  • Telling people who are experiencing any and all symptoms (cough, fever, shortness of breath) to stay home and sending people home if they are or become ill

  • Temperature monitoring of volunteers at the door

  • In distribution, limiting to outdoor/car models to limit contact or otherwise encouraging no physical contact.

Please follow the CDC’s guidelines, and thank you for your help! We can take care of ourselves and each other in this challenging time,

Angie Rodgers
President and CEO
Arizona Food Bank Network

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