Lowell Food Pantry Volunteer

As a volunteer at Catholic Charities’ Lowell Food Pantry, your primary role will be to compassionately render distribution of food items to the clients in our pantry, while maintaining personal and professional boundaries. This may include restocking pantry shelves, helping with product selection, preparing bags for distribution, client intake, some light cleaning, and helping lift and transport light to moderately-heavy items. Volunteers are asked to display sensitivity to the needs of individuals and families experiencing financial hardships, mental illness, trauma, and those from varied cultural backgrounds. Client confidentiality is necessary as well. The Lowell Food Pantry serves many Hispanic, Haitian, and Asian clients, so volunteers with Spanish, Haitian Creole, or Khmer speaking skills are highly desired.

Parking at this site is available across the street in the Central Plaza Shopping Center, or you can take the commuter rail followed by a 15 minute walk.

Comfortable clothes and closed-toe shoes are encouraged, as volunteers sometimes work outside. Gloves will be provided, if needed. Upon arrival, please ring the doorbell of the front door and ask for a staff member of the Food Pantry Team.

Thank you. We look forward to meeting you!