FOOD: Serve Lunch at Father Joe's

Help combat hunger among our homeless neighbors! Father Joe’s Villages staff and volunteers offer more than 1 million meals each year in their dining rooms and the Franklin Antonio Public Lunch Line. Come join Father Joe’s Villages kitchen crew as they help prepare and serve meals to our neighbors living on the streets of our community.

Volunteers will be in the kitchen preparing food, setting up the salad bar, serving food 'cafeteria style' and helping in the dining area. As a result, neighbors can focus less on hunger and more on building a brighter future.

Project Requirements & Important Notes

• ​First Time Volunteers: Please print and sign the following documents:

  • Volunteer Agreement

  • Food Handler Teach and Test

  • Parent Authorization Form (for minors only)​

• **NEW** Registration with Father Joe's Villages: ALL volunteers must be signed up with HandsOn San Diego AND the Father Joe's VolunteerHub site for each shift they attend. If a person is not registered, they will be denied entrance to volunteer. Please follow these steps before the project date: 

1. Go to the landing page for HandsOn SD on the Father Joe's VolunteerHub site. 

2. Create an account. 

3. No join code is needed, click "continue"

4. Complete your application

5. Click "Sign Up" for the same shift date you signed up for with HandsOn SD

• Arrival: ​Volunteers can start arriving and signing in at 9:30am but the project will not start until 10:15am. 

• ​Parking: Please print and display this parking pass on your dashboard in the Father Joe's Villages parking garage. 

• ​Attire: No tank tops, shorts, or open-toe shoes are allowed. If you do not follow this dress code you will not be able to volunteer.

• ​Physical Requirements: Must be able to lift up to 30 lbs. Must be able to stand for at least two hours

About Father Joe's Villages

As San Diego’s largest homeless services provider, Father Joe’s Villages offers a wide variety of housing and services at several locations. They provide housing, rental assistance, healthcare, food, clothing, education, job training, mental health, addiction treatment and child development in an internationally modeled “one-stop-shop” approach.