SECOND SERVINGS OF HOUSTON Houston Volunteer Opportunities ⋆ Serve for Good

About

What Is It?

Houston’s only prepared food rescue organization; it picks up surplus unserved food from caterers, hotels, sports venues, and other regulated food businesses and delivers it the same day to dozens of approved charity meal sites, serving more than 6,500 needy people a week.

Help Needed:

Help rescue food at various events and venues and load the refrigerated vehicles for delivery to charity sites, or help at the office with internet research, analysis, and administrative tasks. Please contact Second Servings for COVID-related updates.

Details

Minimum Age to Volunteer

Volunteers age 12 and up are welcome. Volunteers must be at least age 16 to ride in Second Servings’ vans.

Time Commitment

Varies. Weekday volunteers usually help for 3-4 hours, and volunteers at special events on weekends and weeknights help for about 2 hours.

Suitable for Groups of Volunteers?

Suitable for individuals and small groups.

Training Needed

No skills needed, but you’ll need your own transportation to the rescue site.

Help Needed

FOOD RESCUE SQUAD

Our Food Rescue Squad has a great time helping with food rescues. Volunteers gather unserved surplus food at different events and venues, such as sandwich commissaries, bread companies, or convention centers, and load the refrigerated vehicles for delivery to charity sites. Weekday, weeknight, and weekend times are available. “Please use our contact form to tell us your preferred timing, and we will add you to our email list for volunteer opportunities as they become available.”