Front desk volunteers greet visitors and assist with directing traffic in our main lobby. They also help manage wait lists for the food bank, answer incoming phone lines, schedule appointments, help out with intakes and general office duties.

Volunteers are needed to stock shelves, process donations and focus their energy to assisting clients through the food bank. These volunteers need to help the families get the food they need, within our limits.

Volunteers are needed to be leaders in the food bank! Activities would include: sorting food, stocking shelves, leading volunteers during your shift, answering basic questions about the food pantry, handling incoming donations and assisting the food bank manager with projects.

Assist EFAA in serving clients in an efficient and effective manner. Interview clients to determine eligilbility, assess food, furniture and transportation needs and approve these services as appropriate. Maintain client database.

This volunteer will work out of our Lafayette office and assist the caseworker with day to day operations and special projects. Answering phones, greeting clients, prepare applications for clients, data entry and other office duties as assigned.

Many volunteers are needed to assist the furniture program with collecting and distributing furniture donations.

1. Participate in teams of volunteers to pick up furniture using personal vehicles and delivering to EFAA's furniture warehouse in north Boulder. 

2. Provide administrative assistance and assist in the distribution of furniture to clients, which occurs every Saturday 1-2:30pm.

3. Provide physical assistance at our main office Tuesday or Friday afternoons.

Volunteers are needed to assist our children's caseworker with our after school program. Volunteers would be working with children currently living in our emergency and transitional housing. Activities could include:

1.Assist children with homework and various recreational activities

2.Research group activities; request donations for the program (free tickets to events, lunches, supplies for program, etc.)

3.Lead a one-time or regularly scheduled craft or activity

The program runs after school, 2:45-4:45pm at the following locations: Mondays & Thursdays in Longmont, Tuesdays & Fridays in Lafayette and Wednesdays in Boulder.

Depending on the age, kids can be too young to volunteer at our offices, but their help is always needed! Here are a couple of examples of activities that kids can participate in to help EFAA:

Birthday boxes - Help children at our shelter celebrate their birthday in a fun way! Purchase supplies or solicit donations for "birthdays in a box." Anything you need to throw a birthday party so that it's handy for our children's program.

Shelter sponsors provide household supplies and personal hygiene products monthly, and work with staff to identify other creative, helpful ways to support the program (i.e., assisting the sponsored family during the holidays with meals, gifts, apartment repairs/maintenance). Shelter sponsors make a commitment of material supplies valuing approximately $50/month.
Requires a monthly check-in with the shelter caseworker.

Drive EFAA’s food truck to various Boulder businesses to collect food on a weekly basis. Be a face of EFAA and build relationships with outside contacts in order to increase food donations.

Coordinate your community group, such as your school, faith community, or service organization to collect items needed for the food pantry and deliver them to EFAA.

Filing, accounting, mailing, data entry, spread sheets, phone calling, scheduling volunteers, or special projects.

Carpentry, plumbing, electrical, painting, organizing, cleaning and gardening.