Volunteering - Food Bank Lakeside

What does becoming a volunteer for FoodBank Lakeside look like? What will it mean to you?

Depending on your skills and interests, volunteering can take many different forms. You might deliver despensas or meals to people clearly in need. Or you might help out in a less direct but just as critical function – like writing newsletter articles, or planning events, or picking up donations, or doing research, or helping partner with other organizations and individuals for mutual support.

What you won’t do is bag or sort food or do grunt work in our warehouse. We have no warehouse! – no headquarters or office, which greatly reduces our overhead, allowing 95% of donations to go directly to buying food for the neediest of the needy. All the procurement and packaging of food is done by our business partners, who give us their lowest possible prices.

But for all of us who volunteer for FoodBank Lakeside, it means fulfillment and gratitude. Fulfillment from serving the community we love, gratitude for the opportunity to give back some of what we’ve all been lucky enough to receive in our lives.

It also means being a part of one of the most respected teams in the Ajijic/Chapala area. Since FoodBank Lakeside started in the spring of 2020, it has been one of the most successful charities at Lakeside – and thus one of the most rewarding to be a part of. Won’t you join us? You won’t regret it!

“Hunger is an everything issue.

Whatever else a person may care about—

health, education, the environment, or our economy—

it is all tied to hunger.”

~ Hunger Free Colorado

To start exploring possibilities for volunteering for FoodBank Lakeside – no obligation! – click on one of the buttons below (English or Spanish) to fill out our New Volunteer Questionnaire.

Volunteer Values

FoodBank Lakeside came together in a time of uncertainty to reach out together and help our neighbors in need. In so doing, we formed a network of teams with the following hopes, anticipations, and expectations:

To represent FBL with integrity and humility to the community at large
To make our “families in need” and our donors our highest priority
To be enthusiastic, gracious, open-minded, and respectful
To believe in one another and act accordingly
To be attentive when others are speaking
To say what we do and do what we say
To be on time and be prepared
To be clear about what we say and expect from one another
To take responsibility and perform accordingly
To know our limits and be okay to ask for help
To coach and mentor others to achieve the performance we desire