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Our volunteers are critical to our work year-round.

Your passion and time are important resources as we work to rescue and deliver food for New Yorkers in need. City Harvest offers a variety of volunteer opportunities in New York City, including participating in food rescue and distribution, providing nutrition education to people of all ages, and more. 

View our Volunteer Portal for upcoming opportunities.

First-time volunteer? You’ll just need to attend a virtual orientation before joining us at the Food Rescue Center or in the community. 

City Harvest requires all volunteers to abide by our updated Volunteer Policies (available on our Volunteer Portal). Read our volunteer FAQ’s. 

Volunteer Opportunities

Individual Volunteer Opportunities

City Harvest offers a variety of volunteer opportunities year-round.

Group Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteers from hundreds of companies and community organizations generously donate their time to help City Harvest feed our city.

Volunteer support last year

3,397

Number of volunteers who worked with City Harvest

681

Projects completed across all five boroughs

18,971

Hours collectively donated

351K

Pounds of food repacked

2.3M

Pounds of fresh produce distributed at Mobile Markets

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