Three people run this. We need more hands.
Right now our whole team is three people. Each of us is over 60 and living with a disability. Every giveaway Saturday we set out groceries for hundreds of people and help them choose, ourselves, and every week we drive the pickups and restock the boxes.
We're proud of what three people can do. We also know what thirty could do.Three of thirty
Sign up to help Call or text (425) 971-0402
Students: service hours count here, including TN Promise.
No experience needed. Really.
Everything on this list can be learned in ten minutes. Pick a tag.
A giveaway Saturday, hour by hour
The last two Saturdays of every month. This is where we need the most people.
- 10:45Arrive, park in the lot, set up
- 11:00Line opens: help neighbors pick their groceries, keep things moving
- 1:00Last neighbors
- 1:10Pack down and leave, promptly
- Weekday pickupsElizabethton and Johnson City, a few hours once a week. A truck or SUV is a bonus, not a requirement.
- Box runsA loop around Bristol, or adopt one box near home and keep it full.
What your first Saturday looks like
The short version: show up at 10:45, say hello, and we'll hand you a job. Here is the slightly longer version.
Anyone who can spare a morning
Neighbors, students, retirees, families, work teams, clubs and classes. All ages are welcome; there is a job for everyone.
Outdoors, on your feet, friendly
We work outdoors, from the van, in a parking lot. If weather or a holiday changes a Saturday, we post it on Facebook. Some jobs involve lifting boxes of cans; plenty don't. Greeting, keeping the line moving and handing out bags are jobs for every body.
Closed-toe shoes and a water bottle
Dress for the weather. Work gloves are handy if you have them. Nothing else; we supply the food, the bags and the stories.
Bring your team
Groups of any size are welcome; we're ready for whoever arrives. Text us the week before with how many are coming so we can plan the morning around you.
Weekday jobs, on your schedule
Pickups in Elizabethton and Johnson City take a few hours once a week. Blessing Box runs fit around a lunch break. Adopt one box near home and keep it full, and you never have to check a calendar.
Just show up at 10:45
Park in the lot at Corner of 10th St. & Windsor Ave., Bristol, VA, look for the silver-blue van, and ask for Roxana. Questions? Text (425) 971-0402 the day before.
Need volunteer hours? Ours count.
Faith Food Bank is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, so time with us counts toward Tennessee Promise community service, school and honor-society service requirements, court-ordered community service, and most scholarship and employer programs.
- 2.5 hrsone giveaway Saturday, 10:45 to 1:10
- 16 hrsabout seven Saturdays: what TN Promise asks for each year, due August 1
- +weekday pickups and Blessing Box runs count too
TN Promise students
Bristol, Tennessee students on TN Promise need at least 16 hours of community service with a nonprofit or public service organization each year, submitted through tnAchieves by August 1, and 32 hours in total over the scholarship. About seven giveaway Saturdays cover a year, fewer if you add weekday pickups and box runs. You log the hours yourself at tnachieves.org and list us as the organization; tell us you need hours when you sign up so we can confirm them if tnAchieves calls or emails. The full rules are at collegefortn.org/tnpromise.
Need a letter for school, court, a scholarship, or a workplace program? We write them. Bring your form and we will sign it, or ask us for a letter on the day. We return verification calls and emails within a day.
What the paperwork usually asks for
- Organization
- Faith Food BankOperating as Faith Mobile Food Bank Bristol
- Type
- Registered 501(c)(3) nonprofitEIN 86-2249119
- Supervisor
- Roxana Boroujerdi, founder and director
- Phone
- (425) 971-0402 (call or text)
- Where
- Corner of 10th St. & Windsor Ave., Bristol, VA
- Service
- Food distribution to the public: setting out groceries and helping neighbors choose, restocking free community pantries, picking up donated and purchased food
Tell us before you leave so we can note your hours. Keep your own log of dates and times too; most programs ask for it.
Put your name on the clipboard
We'll text or call you back within a day. Prefer to skip the form? Call or text (425) 971-0402 and say you want to help.