Volunteer Needs

Join the Lakeview Pantry team! We rely on volunteers to help provide the services that help over 2,000 individuals every month. To learn more about volunteer opportunities, contact Erin Stephens at 773-525-1777 x.15 or erin@lakeviewpantry.org. Here are the details of our ongoing opportunities:

Here are the details of our ongoing opportunities:


LVP East, 3831 N. Broadway:


We are open for distribution to the public every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Volunteers will assist with working the counter, restocking food, repacking bulk foods, sorting clothing and other various jobs.


We have volunteers assisting from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., in the following shifts:

  • 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
  • 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Other LVPE volunteer opportunities:

  • Every Thursday, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m., we need volunteers to help unload weekly deliveries from the Greater Chicago Food Depository.
  • Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., we need volunteer drivers to assist in donation pick-ups from various local stores.

LVP West, 1414 W. Oakdale:


We are open for distribution to the public every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.   Volunteers will assist with working the counter, restocking food, repacking bulk foods, sorting clothing and other various jobs.

We have volunteers assisting in the following shifts:

  • Tuesday and Thursday
    • 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. for set-up
    • 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for distribution
  • Saturday
    • 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for both set-up and distribution

Other LVPW volunteer opportunities:

    • Every Wednesday and the 2nd and 4th Friday of the month, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m., we need volunteers to help unload weekly deliveries from the Greater Chicago Food Depository.
    • Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., we need volunteer drivers to assist in donation pick-ups from various local stores.

Home Delivery:


Three Saturdays per month, LVP delivers food to elderly, physically disabled and homebound people in the Lakeview neighborhood. We are looking for both driver volunteers that can provide their own vehicle, as well as non-drivers. 

On HD Saturdays, volunteers arrive at LVPE (3831 N. Broadway) for the following shifts:

    • 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.- Set-up volunteers arrive to prep and fill the bags to be delivered.
    • 10:30 a.m. to noon- Driver volunteers arrive with their cars to make deliveries. 

Fundraising: We are looking for committed volunteers to join our fundraising committee. Committee members help plan and execute special events and Lakeview Pantry’s presence at street fairs. Meeting times and frequency vary with events. Please contact Brooke Wiles at 773-525-1777 x.18 for more information.

Board Membership: Lakeview Pantry is looking for new board members. The board of directors focuses on governing the organization and acting as ambassadors to the community. The board meets seven times per year on Wednesday evenings. For more information please contact our board president at president@lakeviewpantry.org.

Volunteer Policy

Lakeview Pantry requires all volunteers to read and agree to a volunteer policy. The first time you volunteer a staff member will read over the volunteer policy with you and answer any questions you might have.