The Food Bank of Northwest Indiana relies on volunteers to help us address hunger in our community on a daily basis. Each year, more than 6,000 individuals, families, and groups, share their time and talents to assist with our hunger relief efforts throughout Lake and Porter Counties. Each volunteer experience is unique and fulfilling for our volunteers and makes a tremendous difference in the lives of the families we serve. The Food Bank of Northwest Indiana offers a number of dynamic and flexible volunteer opportunities for individuals or groups. We welcome ages as young as 8 years and older. For every 3 children ages 8-13, at least 1 adult must be present. Scroll below to view a list of our current volunteer opportunities.
Interested in volunteering? Email volunteers@foodbanknwi.org
Assist with the setup and distribution of food during our weekly Mobile Market distributions. Mobile Markets take place outdoors, Monday through Saturday, in Lake & Porter Counties.
Deliver groceries to seniors who need your help. We provide the items and the route. Just pick up the groceries at the Food Bank and take them to a senior to help brighten their day!
Assist with packing food boxes and sorting grocery items for our food assistance programs. Additionally, volunteers will on occasion assist with general warehouse cleaning and organizing needs during these shifts.
Help us with our major fundraisers of the year! Activities include pre-event set up, day of event execution, tear-down, and post-event clean up.
At times we are in need of help cleaning and organizing our warehouse, facility, and grounds. These projects may include deep cleaning, painting, and light landscaping. Ages 16 and older are welcome.
Assisting with office and event tasks, including filing, organizing, correspondence, and more. Short-term and long-term opportunities are available.
The Food Bank of Northwest Indiana has a variety of opportunities for corporate and community teams to volunteer together. Promote team building while making a significant impact in the community.
Assisting with the planning, soliciting, and execution of the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana’s fundraising events. Tasks include using the individual’s network to magnify fundraising, soliciting sponsors, in-kind donations (food/drinks/auction items), other resources, and participants.
Members also assist in the brainstorming and planning of event ideas, logistics, budget, as well as helping on the day-of to assist with execution and volunteer training/leadership.
During the warehouse shift, your duties will include some, but not all, of the following:
Yes but please dress for the weather. It can be hot when it’s hot outside and cold when it’s cold outside. We do our best to maintain a pleasant temperature but know that you’ll be doing physical labor–so you’ll definitely end up warmer than when you started. All volunteers must wear closed toed shoes.
The projects during warehouse shifts are mostly standing duties. Depending on the project, there will likely be an option for one or two volunteers to sit and build boxes for distributions, or to sit and tear boxes down so that they can be put into our trash compactor. Let us know if any volunteers have a strict need to sit and we can try to find a separate administrative task for them.
Children must be 8 years and older.
The Food Bank of Northwest Indiana does not collect any personal information from this website. Food Bank of Northwest Indiana is a 501(c)(3) private nonprofit organization. ©2025 Food Bank of Northwest Indiana. In accordance with Federal law and internal policy, the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana is prohibited to discriminate in all its program and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental states, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or a part of an individuals’ income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana CEO at 219-980-1777. The Food Bank of Northwest Indiana is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
The following percentages and dollar amounts of the total costs which will be financed with federal money: TEFAP (28%, $5,154,776) and CSFP (7%, $1,313,104). The percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the project or program that will be financed by nongovernmental sources is 65%, ($12,144,804)
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