SLU Community Partners Database

The Campus Kitchen at Saint Louis University rescues food that would otherwise be thrown out from Dining Services, as well as various grocery stores and food banks. Students then turn this food into delicious and nutritious meals that are delivered to neighborhood homeless shelters, transitional living homes, and low-income families and senior citizens. The Campus Kitchen also runs a Culinary Job Training program to prepare adults looking for gainful employment for careers in the food service industry.

- 2hr cooking shifts

- 2hr delivery shifts

- 1-2hr food sorting shifts

- Food rescuing

- Sundays

10:30 a.m.-Noon - Food Pick-Up

1 p.m.-3 p.m. - Cooking

3 p.m.-5:30 p.m. - Meal delivery to North City families, Council Towers

- Mondays

3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. - Meal delivery to GrandView Towers

4 p.m.-6 p.m. - Cooking

7 p.m.-9 p.m. - Meal packaging

- Tuesdays

9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. - Meal delivery to South City Families

3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. - Meal delivery to Council Towers, YWCA Transitional Housing Program, Central West End families

- Wednesdays

3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. - Meal delivery to GrandView Towers

4 p.m.-6 p.m. - Cooking

7 p.m.-9 p.m. - Meal Packaging

- Thursdays

3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. - Meal delivery to Council Towers, YWCA, North City families

Sign up to volunteer at https://linktr.ee/ckslu

To provide access to fresh, quality and affordable produce, to promote healthy living in the community, and to support the local food economy through working with small farms and food entrepreneurs.

- Market Volunteer: Keep the market running smoothly by stocking shelves, packaging produce, interacting with customers, tidying up, and organizing various materials. General grocery duties.

- Education and Outreach Coordinator: To further City Greens' community health and communication programs, specifically: Partnering with community organizations like Midtown Community Services to promote healthy living; Coordinating visiting field trips and educational tours; Building and executing a communication plan; assisting with marketing and communications at the market.

- Market Volunteer: Wed-Sat 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun 12 p.m.-6 p.m.

- Education and Outreach Coordinator: Wed-Sat 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

- Orientation

To empower those in need to live a healthier lifestyle through free fitness and nutrition offerings.

- Food Assistance Program: Help with intake of families looking for food assistance, manage phone calls, etc.; Help deliver healthy food to families in need on Sunday afternoons.

- Nutrition Assistant: Help our staff coordinate programming for families and organizations focused on healthy eating and/or fitness/exercise.

- Fitness Instructor: Assist with coaching participants in our Group Fit and One on One Program, . helping clients learn the benefits of exercise.

- Garden Helper: Help run and work in our community garden, Tuesdays or Thursdays at 4 p.m..

Days and times vary, and up to schedule of volunteer.

None

Food Outreach is the only St. Louis area organization whose mission is to provide nutritional support and enhance the quality of life of men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS or cancer.

- Grocery Box Packing: Assist in Food Outreach's Nutrition Center to assemble and pack boxes that will provide a month's worth of nutrition to our home delivery clients who are unable to pick up their groceries on site.

- Cook with Chef: Cook with our Chef to help prepare entrees and sides that will be packed and frozen for Food Outreach clients! *May involve working with meat or seafood* No kitchen experience needed.

- Nutrition Center Grocery Packing: Volunteers that help with these opportunities fulfill live grocery orders when clients select their monthly groceries on site.

- Cook & Pack: Our Cook & Packs feature the unique opportunity to help our team cook, pack, and freeze between 5,000 - 10,000 scratch prepared meals for clients. Activities for this opportunity include cooking in the kitchen, packing food in the dining room, helping with dishes, assisting in the freezer, putting labels on containers, etc.

- Restock Shift: Assist in our Nutrition Center to restock our grocery shelves, prepare, and set up additional supplies/grocery boxes for the rest of the week.

- Grocery Box Packing: Mondays, 10am - 1pm

- Cook with Chef: Wednesdays 10am - 2pm and Fridays 9am - 1pm

- Nutrition Center Grocery Packing: Tuesdays: 11am - 3pm or 3-7pm; Wednesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays from 10am - 3pm

- Cook & Pack: Saturdays from 8am - Noon

- Restock Shift: Wednesdays & Thursdays from 3-5pm

- Application and registration online at https://foodoutreach.volunteerhub.com/

Good Life Growing is an urban community development organization that supports the advancement of an agricultural zone in the 4th Ward of the city of St. Louis. It is our mission to revitalize the 4th Ward by directly tackling the issue of food insecurity that is pervasive in North St. Louis. Good Life Growing supports the advancement of economic and communal revitalization that is for and with the local residents of the neighborhoods in which we operate. We encourage healthy living, community life, and economic and community growth.

- Farm Assistant: Assist in various areas of routine maintenance vital to sustaining grow operations.

- Grow Technician: Assist in the continuous seeding, transplanting, and maintenance of product across all methods of growing used.

Weekdays or weekends, anytime 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

- Orientation

Inspired by Jewish tradition, Jewish Family and Children’s Service provides quality social services to the Jewish and general communities empowering people in need to meet the challenges of daily living. Jewish Family and Children's Service shall inspire hope and improve the lives of individuals and families by offering social services that reflect the values of Jewish tradition.

- Food Pantry Shopper:Volunteers serve as assistant shoppers to clients while the client can pushes a grocery cart and participates in making his/her own food selections with the volunteer’s guidance.

- Food Pantry Packer/Stocker: Volunteers help sort produce and/or canned goods and/or breads. They also help re-stock pantry shelves with foods from the warehouse.

Tuesdays from 3 p.m. - 5 p.m..

- Application

- Orientation

Labre is animated by the central goal of using food as an excuse for relationships. Internally, we as SLU students come together and cook so as to grow in fellowship and community. Following, we send students on various routes throughout the city of St. Louis so as to share in conversation and friendship with those experiencing homelessness.

Cook meals and then deliver them to people living on the streets of St. Louis.

Wednesday, 6-9 p.m.

None

Holistic Organic Sustainable Cooperative Organization (HOSCO) (pronounced: hoss-koh) is a local 501(c)3 organization operating a food hub/commercial kitchen located at 1038 N Sarah to support communities and flatten the curve on the spread of COVID-19. Through our pickup and delivery model we have served over 40,000 meals for Homebound Seniors and families residing within North St. Louis City and County.

- Meal Packing for Homebound Seniors, Disabled and Families: Each week we produce over 3,000 meals and these meals are pre-package at our kitchen for distribution. We have had over 30 volunteers come in to assist us with this pre-packaging process.

- St. Louis Housing Authority Drivers: We also seek drivers to deliver meals to homebound Seniors and families through our partnership with St. Louis Food Angels, St. Louis Housing Authority and United Way. The delivery areas exist throughout the North/South City and County neighborhoods. To participate in this opportunity you would need a valid driver’s license and a maximum of 1 hour to 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete a delivery route.

- Meal Packing for Homebound Seniors, Disabled and Families: Any day Tuesday, Thursday or Friday from either 2 p.m.-4 p.m. or 3 p.m.-6 p.m..

- St. Louis Housing Authority Drivers: Any day Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 9 a.m.-Noon.

- Orientation

The mission of Operation Food Search is to nourish and educate our neighbors in need to heal the hurt of hunger.

- Distribution Volunteers: This recurring volunteer event includes helping with the distribution of food and other products to our agencies.

- Warehouse Volunteer: Help sort, package and distribute food for needy individuals.

- Warehouse Volunteer: Mondays-Fridays, anytime Noon-5 p.m.

- Distribution Volunteers: MWF, 8 a.m.-11 a.m.

Complete list of opportunities available at https://operationfoodsearch.galaxydigital.com/, including registration information.

- Orientation

Our mission is to provide essential services for homeless and impoverished segments of the St. Louis community. Furthermore, the organization strives to uphold the principles and spirit of Islam in our endeavors. We believe we can promote a positive image of Islam through such social work and adherence to Islamic ideal.

- Volunteer: Prepare and provide food to the needy in the city of Saint Louis. Collect and give away clothing donations to those in need.

- Volunteer: Saturdays from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

- None

St. Louis Food Angels’ mission is to serve at-risk community members by handling last-mile deliveries for partner nonprofits, providing direct grocery delivery services and donating healthy food boxes to those in need.

- Meal Delivery: We are partnering with HOSCO to deliver free, nutritious meals to residents who the St. Louis Housing Authority (SLHA) have identified as being "in need." You will be picking up meals from the North Sarah Food Hub (1038 N Sarah St, St. Louis, MO 63113) and delivering to public housing residences.

- Meal Packing: We are partnering with HOSCO to help pack free, nutritious meals for next-day delivery to residents. You will be packing meals at the North Sarah Food Hub (1038 N Sarah St, St. Louis, MO 63113).

- Meal Delivery: We are partnering with Fit and Food Connections to deliver free, nutritious meals to several senior citizens' residences. 2115 Chambers Rd, 63136 (food pantry/church)

- Grocery Delivering: We are partnering with LifeWise STL every other Thursday, ~1 p.m. (flexible timing). LifeWise is a large local nonprofit dedicated to providing resources to members of the community. On Thursdays, LifeWise relies on volunteers to pick up large grocery bags (filled with free milk, eggs, produce, vegetables, and fruit) at 1321 S 11th St, St. Louis, MO 63104 and drive and deliver to several low-income senior citizens’ houses. You will be given a short list of addresses (ex. 3-5 addresses), which takes 1-2 hours total.

- Meal Delivery: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9 a.m.-12 p.m.; Sundays 2-4 p.m..

- Meal Packing: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays from 2-4 p.m..

- Grocery Delivering: Thursdays, times up to volunteer.

- Background Check

- Application

Third Baptist is a caring congregation of believers who have accepted by faith the saving power of Jesus Christ and who are committed to the advancement of God's kingdom. Our purpose is to worship God and share Jesus Christ, ministering in love to the spiritual and physical needs of all people.

- Tutors: Volunteers are needed for tutoring youth from nearby SLPS schools on reading, math, etc. and for general homework assistance. Also, assist with various educational and recreational activities as part of the after-school program.

- Food Pantry: We partner with a local food bank to provide groceries to people in need. Assist with organizing, helping customers, checkout, etc.!

- Tutors: Wednesdays, 3 p.m.-5 p.m.

- Food Pantry: 3rd Saturday of each month, 8 a.m.-11 a.m.

- None, unless working with children.

Urban Harvest STL builds community around inclusive and resilient local food systems.

- Farming Assistant: Farming Assistant: Work under the direction of one of our farmers on farming projects. May include watering, weeding, planting, harvesting, pest management, soil amending, etc.

- Little Sprouts Volunteer: Assist with our preschool education programs around growing food and sustainability.

- Farming Assistant: Any day Monday-Friday, anytime 9a-5pm; Saturdays 9am-Noon.

- Education Assistant: Tuesdays or Wednesdays anytime 9am-11:30am

- Background Check (if working with children)