Loaves and Fishes

For over 40 years, Loaves & Fishes has gone where the hunger is greatest. Today, we are the largest free restaurant in Minnesota.

We have opportunities for individuals and small groups to help us package and serve meals at our various meal sites. Meal sites are serving to-go meals and offer a reduced number of volunteers in our kitchens at any given time, allowing volunteers to practice safe social distancing and allowing guests to receive a hot and healthy meal.No experience is necessary; our site coordinators will walk you through everything.

• Meal Site Cookingvolunteers assist with cooking a pre-planned meal under the guidance of the site coordinator and help package meals for distribution.

• Meal Site Servingvolunteers continue to package and distribute meals, clean up during distribution and at the end of the evening, and do dishes throughout the serving period.

We also have opportunities for individuals and small groups to help at our Commissary Kitchen, preparing food for distribution at our various meal sites. As with our meal sites, no experience is necessary.

• Commissary Prepvolunteers will be preparing and packaging food/meals and will likely be working with raw meat.

We provide gloves and aprons and if you dont have a hat, we will supply a hairnet.We also ask that you wear shoes that completely cover your feet (no sandals or open-toe shoes) and clean clothes with sleeves that cover the shoulder.

Please visit the link below to search for volunteer opportunities base on location or day of the week. There is an interactive option at the bottom of our Volunteer page that allows you to search for a location based on proximity to your address.

Whether to prep serve and/or clean, simply find a date that works for you and sign up. Soon after signing up, you will receive aconfirmationemail.

YOUTHPARTICIPATIONGUIDELINES

We appreciate and supportyouthinvolvement in community service. Ouryouthparticipationguidelines help provide a safe and efficient work environment while maintaining the dignity of our guests. The following age breakdowns are suggested best practices. However, because each dining site is different, Site Coordinators may make exceptions at their discretion and with parental input and permission.

• Youthaged 16and oldermayhelp in all areas of the meal site.
• Youthaged 15 and younger may handle cold food and cold beverages.
• Youth aged 13 to 15 must have one adult to every fiveyouthfor supervision purposes.
• Youth aged 12 and under need to have direct one-on-one supervision. Ages 8+

https://www.loavesandfishesmn.org/volunteer/