Food Rescue Driver — Rescue Good Food. Feed Our Community.

Have a little time to give and enjoy being out and about in your community?

Join Share My Meals as a Food Rescue Driver! Help move donated meals from local professional kitchens—including schools, corporate campuses, and hospitals—to our food hub in Princeton. Or, pick up meals from our hub and deliver them to nearby nonprofit organizations serving local families and neighbors.

Meal recovery shifts occur on weekday mornings and afternoons.

What You'll Do

• Pick up prepared meal donations from local kitchens and bring them safely to our Princeton food hub.
• Or, pick up meals from the hub and deliver them to nearby nonprofit partners.
• Use a simple smartphone app to track pickups, deliveries, meal quantities, and food-safety conditions, helping ensure every donation is accounted for and handled properly.
• Be the reliable link that helps turn surplus prepared food into meals for people in our community.

Have 60 minutes to spare? Put your time, experience, and caring spirit to work—and make it count.

NEED TO KNOW:

Volunteer Requirements

• Access to a vehicle with insurance coverage that meets either a combined single limit of $300,000 or Bodily Injury Liability coverage of $100,000 per person and $300,000 per accident, plus a valid driver's license.
• A personal smartphone to download and use our volunteer app for meal pickup and delivery tracking, quantity reporting, and food-safety monitoring.
• A willingness to learn and use simple technology. Training and support are provided.
• Completion of Share My Meals' onboarding and training, including:
  • Volunteer interest form
  • Virtual orientation
  • Virtual volunteer training
  • Optional, but recommended, accompaniment on your first shift with an experienced volunteer