Want to Help?
There are ways to help without leaving your home. Just a couple of hours per week will make a huge difference in someone’s life and can help someone get a meal! We strive to provide updated and correct information so we are constantly updating our comprehensive map with new locations and accurate addresses. We are looking for help to call or research and validate these new additions to our database.
To apply please fill out the form below and attach a resume. Include your availability per day, and/or weekly.
We accept applications for one time projects as well as volunteers who want to work with us on a regular basis!
Available Positions
Volunteer Coordinator
The Volunteer Coordinator is responsible for the recruitment, onboarding and training of new volunteers. Overseeing the big picture of comidasgratis.org the coordinator acts as a liaison of positions needing to be filled and actively engages with community members, volunteers, and the team at comidasgratis.org to help fill vacancies and roll out projects.
This position is itself a volunteer position and can be shared with another volunteer and is as flexible as you need it to be. The Coordinator can choose their own schedule while meeting with the team once per week and recruit volunteers when they have availability.
SKILLS DESIRED (All or some)
If you possess some or all of following skills then this position would be a good fit for you:
Recruiting, Interviewing, Skills qualification, Personality assessment (a plus), On boarding and training
Project management
Staff Support
Team building
Whether you are an aspiring communications major or an experienced professional you can make a difference in someone’s life and help them get food for themselves or their family.
We are looking to create special stories with camera footage or blogs or sharing posts from locations we serve. Ideally you are good with a camera and or pen and can develop a story but if not, you may still be able to help by taking pictures or videos or researching and cross posting stories that help drive our message to more people and/volunteers.
We welcome all skill levels. All it takes is a bit of enthusiasm and courage to make a difference!
SKILLS DESIRED (All or some)
If you possess some or all of following skills then this position would be a good fit for you:
Experience with Social Media promotions
Experience blogging
Experience or Refining your skills with a camera
Aspiring Digital Media Artist, blogger, PR or similar
Project Management
Team work
If you love digging for details, using the web, articles and social media you are in a position to help us find more locations that offer free food for people in crisis. Help us reach more people by doing the most important things for our service: adding more locations.
Location research is easy yet it takes care to ensure that each location meets the criteria we are looking for: Free food and does not require that a person show documentation. To do this, you may need to call or email the locations you are researching to ensure they do not require documentation. You may find this information on their website or social media or in databases or documents being published in certain locations such as libraries, town hall sites, schools, and more.
Once you have compiled a list of new sources, we will show you how you can import the data into our database and make it live.
Then we will make a social media post advertising your accomplishment and you can help spread the word also!
SKILLS DESIRED
Researching the web, articles, social media
Self started and resourceful to meet milestones
Quick learner
Project management a plus
Extremely good with computers, apps and tools such as Google sheets, excel, word, wordpress (a plus), zoom, etc.