Give Time - Get Involved!

Each day, hunger is experienced in every community across our state. Well-nourished families create better workers, more engaged voters and active consumers - a foundation for a vibrant community. Ending hunger in southern Colorado depends on the volunteer work of literally thousands of volunteers who know that they can make a difference. 

There are as many different ways to volunteer as there are individuals and communities in southern Colorado.

• Gardens: Care and Share maintains three community gardens at the Colorado Springs facility. We are always seeking volunteers ages 6 and over to assist with a variety of gardening tasks. No green thumb required!
• Repack: Volunteers repackage bulk product into consumer-friendly sizes for the families served by our member organizations.
• Children's Programs: Voluteer to fill backpacks with food each week. aaist with community cooking and nutrition classes, usually in the evenings.
• Sorting: Once food drive food has been brought into our warehouse, it must be inspected to ensure it is safe for consumption and then sorted into appropriate categories for distribution to our member agencies.
• Warehouse: The warehouse staff is often in need of volunteers to help with day-to-day tasks, such as filling agency orders, helping agency shoppers load product into their vehicles, helping bring in food drive donations and more. This position may involve heavy lifting.
• Data Entry/Clerical: Volunteers in this position would assist with data entry and various administrative duties, including filing, typing, folding and stuffing envelopes, organizing historical files and other tasks as they arise. Volunteers in this position must be able to work for several hours at a time during Care and Share office hours (M-F, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
• Community Service: Care and Share does confirm community service hours for schools, scholarships and the court system. Please be sure to let the volunteer coordinator during your orientation that you are fulfilling community service hours.

To embrace the volunteer experience at Care and Share, please call Isaac Ring, Volunteer Program Manager, at 719-528-1247, ext. 4604 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it