Get Involved

Become a Volunteer

Join us in the fight against hunger.

At the Emergency Community Food Pantry of Franklin County, every helping hand brings food, dignity, and hope to neighbors in need. By sharing your time and energy, you help ensure that no one in Franklin County faces hunger alone.

Volunteers helping at the Frankfort Food Pantry
Make an Immediate Impact

Make an Immediate Impact

Sorting donations, packing grocery boxes, assisting during food drives, and helping prepare food for distribution are just some of the ways volunteers make a difference.

Volunteers working together at the Frankfort Food Pantry
Flexible Opportunities

Flexible Opportunities

Individuals, families, youth groups, civic clubs, and businesses can all find meaningful ways to serve. Help once or become a regular volunteer.

Volunteers preparing food at the Frankfort Food Pantry
Your Time Creates Real Outcomes

Your Time Creates Real Outcomes

Every hour you give helps keep food moving to neighbors who need it and strengthens our community's response to hunger.

Get Involved

Would You Like To Volunteer?

Help make a difference at the Frankfort Food Pantry.

Our pantry depends on people in our community who are willing to give their time. Whether you can help regularly or only occasionally, there is a way for you to make a difference.

Food drive donations

We Need People Like You.

There are many ways to lend a hand.

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Fill Orders Prepare food for our neighbors.
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Transport Food Pick up grocery purchases and bring them to the pantry.
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Stock Shelves Unload, organize, and keep food ready for distribution.
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Work Food Drives Help collect, sort, and transport donations.
Ways You Can Help
01

Weekday Morning
Pantry Shifts

Help fill client orders, prepare immediate response bags, and assist with the day-to-day work of getting food ready for distribution.

These are our regular, set volunteer shifts and primarily take place in the mornings.

02

Grocery Pickup &
Delivery Support

Occasionally, volunteers are needed on weekday mornings or afternoons to pick up grocery purchases for delivery.

Volunteers help transport purchases to the food pantry and assist with unloading, shelving, and organizing food for distribution.

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Weekend
Food Drives

We also have occasional weekend opportunities to support food drives. Volunteers may help with:

  • Passing out shopping lists at Kroger
  • Collecting and transporting donated food
  • Sorting donations
  • Stocking the food pantry

Your Time Makes a Difference!

Whether you can help every week or just occasionally, we welcome volunteers with a variety of schedules. Every hour you give helps us serve our neighbors and keep food moving to the people who need it.

READY TO HELP?

Send Us
A Note!

We'd love to hear how you'd like to help.

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Ready to Volunteer?

We'd Love To Hear From You.

Drop us a card or letter with your information and let us know what you may be interested in working on at the pantry.

Send Your Information To

Emergency Community Food Pantry of Franklin County
P.O. Box 48
Frankfort, KY 40602

Please Include:
  • Your name
  • Phone number
  • Email address
  • What you may be interested in working on at the pantry
Thank you for helping our community!