Warehouse and Distribution Center Volunteer

Do you have a burgeoning passion to help others or is it fully fledged? At The Thurston County Food Bank’s Warehouse and Distribution Center we strive to provide volunteer opportunities for all those who are itching to help others. Do you enjoy working as a team to accomplish large tasks or a more meditative solitude? Do you like being active lifting moderately heavy boxes, or would you prefer to sit down? Then you are cordially invited to join our organization as a volunteer at The Thurston County Food Bank's Warehouse and Distribution Center.

Located at 2260 Mottman Road, near South Puget Sound Community College, The Thurston County Food Bank’s Warehouse and Distribution Center acts as a behind-the-scenes support facility our 2 local Food Pantries, 15 mobile food banks, 20 Satellite locations, as well as many more partners throughout the region. We operate a home delivery program, provide food for children to consume on the weekend, and offer storage support to our 3 Kiwanis gardens.

At our Warehouse and Distribution Center volunteer:

• Sort the food generously donated by our community
• Distribute food to our food pantries and partner food banks
• Package food for our myriad programs that support specifically seniors, children, and the unhoused community, as well as the general population.

To begin volunteering, please fill out an application online: https://thurston-county-food-bank.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/ . At the top of the page, click "Apply now". There you can fill out a volunteer application. Please be mindful of the fields with asterisks and certain tiny check boxes as they are required. Beyond that, the more information you care to share, the better we can tailor your volunteer opportunity to you. After you fill out your application, you may visit the same link to sign up for shifts which come twice a day, Tuesday through Thursday, from 9am-12pm and 1pm-4pm.

If you have further questions, please feel free to contact Joe at wdcvolunteers@thurstoncountyfoodbank.org or via phone 360-352-8597 Extension 105.