About Volunteers

Volunteers are the backbone of Island Harvest. Our dedicated and indefatigable volunteers perform a wide range of important tasks, from picking up and delivering food, persuading food business to donate food, working major food campaigns such as our Summer Food Blitz and Turkey and Trimmings Collection Campaign, helping to raise hunger awareness by speaking to community groups, assembling Weekend Backpack Feeding Program food packs, assisting with fundraising events, and contributing professional skills such as accounting and office tasks.

ALL volunteers share our vision that no-one on Long Island should go hungry when we have the resources in our community to help them, and their passion and dedication are inspiring to us all.

“I volunteered yesterday for the first time with Island Harvest …. my heart and soul feel vital and energized … as the magical healing power of giving continues to course through my body and mind.” – Abby G. Burton, Summer Food Blitz volunteer

2009 Annual Volunteer Recognition Event at Bethpage State Park