SHARE encourages everybody who buys one of our food boxes to complete two hours of volunteer service in their community.

The volunteer work can be related to the SHARE program, but it doesn’t have to be. Anything that you do for the benefit of the community or an individual can count as volunteer work at SHARE.

Volunteer work can be:

• Babysitting for a neighbor
• Volunteering at a hospice
• Organizing a graffiti paint-out
• Church activities
• PTA meetings
• Ruritan club events
• And volunteering for your SHARE program

SHARE encourages volunteer work because the SHARE founder, Carl Shelton, saw it as a way to address the spiritual poverty we often experience in today's society. This donation of time and talents reminds participants that we are all connected and their contributions, regardless of economic status, are vital to the community.

If you live near a SHARE warehouse, you can also participate in SHARE bagging week. See the SHARE schedule or contact SHARE for more information.