2026 Encore Community Services Meal Delivery

2026 Encore Community Services Meal Delivery

Who We Are
Encore Community Services supports the aging population of Manhattan thrive. Encore supports over 1,200 clients every week through meal delivery, a community dining room, case management and social events. Encore provides a safe, warm, and empowering space for this often stigmatized population.

Join Encore Community services in delivering fresh hot meals to New York City's critically vulnerable: older adults, those with physical challenges, and our veterans. Encore Community Services delivers meals to homebound older adults five days a week, in an area that extends from 14th Street to 110th Street on the West Side.

Volunteer Responsibilities

• Get a delivery route and delivery team of 2-3 other volunteers
• Bring prepackaged meals to homebound older adults either by Encore-sponsored vehicle (rideshare service) or on foot
• Greet older adults and conduct a brief wellness questionnaire 

Qualifications & Skills

• All volunteers must dress for the weather of the day and wear comfortable, closed-toed walking shoes. We deliver rain or shine!
• Be able to walk up flights of stairs or carry cold packs upwards of 10+ lbs
• Be able to be a friendly face and listening ear to all clients you interact with on the route
• When all deliveries are complete, we ask our volunteers to come back to the Center to return equipment and let us know how it went.

Schedule:
Monday- Friday, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM

​Location: 
Encore Community Services Aging Through The Arts Center
239 West 49th Street New York, NY 10019

Points of Contact:
Brian Garcia, Volunteer Coordinator