THE COMMUNITY
FOOD PANTRY
The Community Food Pantry (CFP) strives to end the physical and emotional hunger of families in a dignified manner. The CFP takes a comprehensive approach to serving our clients that not only alleviates hunger but also provides additional resources into the community for the whole person. The CFP is a 501(c)(3) organization as a mission of Village Presbyterian Church. All clients and volunteers have no responsibility to Village Presbyterian Church or its programs.
Community Food Pantry Volunteer Internships 2025-2026
12 internship positions will be offered for the 2025-2026 school year. It is a full year commitment with flexibility during the summer for vacations. The school year requires 2 Saturdays minimum each month and 1-2 Tuesdays after school each month. (There is some flexibility with job or sports commitments etc. for making up those days). Summer availability should be provided on your application.
These internships will allow students an opportunity to serve with the leadership of the CFP and play an integral role in the development of new opportunities to help the pantry community and most importantly to run the daily operations of a non-profit that provides for thousands of food insecure families.
Interns will serve clients, act as a role model to their peers, accept donations, develop new programs, establish community partners, initiate social media campaigns, participate in fundraising efforts, as well as assist with media outreach and creative marketing content among other tasks. There are some events off-site throughout the year that interns will be asked to volunteer as a representative of our organization.
CFP intern REQUIREMENTS
Intern candidates will start training the weekend April 22nd, 2025. You will be asked to attend at 2-3 (as determined by the CFP staff) times by May 19th, so we have an overlap of our outgoing seniors for peer-to-peer training. Applicants must have a passion for philanthropy and/or ending hunger in the community. All candidates will be considered and, if selected, will receive training and supervision by the CFP staff and/or current interns. It is ideal for students to have interpersonal skills, basic computer skills and be willing to learn our pantry interface. Our team of volunteers is diverse and provides a wonderful environment for a safe, exciting and rewarding learning experience. Students will earn service hours, a certificate of internship completion, and assuming all requirements have been met, will also receive a letter of recommendation for their endeavors, including scholarship opportunities.
Flexibility and kindness are requirements.
***bags of hope 2025-2026 volunteer Internships
The Bags of Hope (BOH) Internship encompasses the year starting Summer in May 2025 through May 2026. Applicants must be able to commit 5 hours per month plus events, including some weekends/evenings. We will be accepting 5 new Bags of Hope interns for this internship year.
Please read the Bags of Hope Intern page to be sure you are acquainted with the mission of Bags of Hope - Tampa.
Interns will be involved with maintaining inventory, coordinating and overseeing bag-makings events, producing social media posts, establishing rapport with community partners and mission outreach. BOH interns will work under the direction of Community Food Pantry staff as well as BOH founders, alumni and volunteers. It is ideal for students to have social networking experience, interpersonal skills, basic computer skills and be willing to learn computer programs. Our team is unique and provides a wonderful environment for a safe, exciting and rewarding learning experience. Students will earn service hours, a certification of internship completion, and assuming all requirements have been met, a letter of recommendation for future college, special recognition or job applications upon request.
Flexibility and kindness are requirements.
ALL APPLICANTS
The pantry/office hours available are Monday – Thursday 9:00am -1:00pm and distributions are on Wednesday and Saturdays, 8:00am - 11:30am. Staff is in the office at these times.
All applications for either internship will be accepted via this online application only. Any questions, please inquire at the email below:
Questions or comments please contact: volunteer@thecommunityfoodpantry.com