With the opening and expansion of new facilities on the Augusta campus at Golden Harvest Food Bank come new volunteer opportunities. 

Beginning January 8th, the new Volunteer Center located at 3310 Commerce Drive will be open for new volunteer shifts. At this location, volunteers will pack meals for students through the BackPack program, food boxes for seniors, and meals for families. An additional 40 volunteers a day will be needed to complete these tasks.

Volunteers are now able to sign up for morning and afternoon volunteer shifts on Monday through Friday from 9am to 12pm and Monday to Thursday from 1:30pm to 4pm. 

In 2021, Golden Harvest Food Bank identified an 8.8 million meal gap across the 25-county service area and adopted a strategic plan to eliminate this gap by 2030. The first step of this plan was to build capacity by adding and expanding facilities that would better serve the community and aid in increasing the annual food distribution to fully meet the need for food assistance in its service area.

“Our bold goal is to ensure that everyone who experiences food insecurity in our area can receive help and hope, and the completion of our Volunteer Center helps us get closer to reaching this goal,” said Amy Breitmann, President & CEO, Golden Harvest Food Bank. “We are excited to bring in more of our neighbors to stand alongside us to join the fight against hunger.”

For more information on volunteering, visit volunteers.goldenharvest.org or contact Volunteer Program Manager Doressa Hawes at [email protected].