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Volunteering with God's Love We Deliver

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with God’s Love We Deliver!

Without the help of our amazing volunteers – thousands every year – we simply would not be able to cook and deliver over 17,000 medically tailored meals each weekday.  Our volunteers work in the kitchen, deliver and package meals, work in our office and help out with special events to help us achieve our life-saving mission.

If you are not feeling well or have any concerns about volunteering, DO NOT VOLUNTEER NOW.

Urgent Needs

Meal Packaging, 6:30a-8:30a, M-F

Join our meal packaging shifts and ensure that our clients get the exact meal bags they need!

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Deliver With Your Own Car, 10a-1p, M-F

Deliver with your own car during lunch time to any borough in NYC!

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Videos

40 Years of Volunteers

Published on May 1, 2025

Volunteer Tat featured on ABC News

Published on Nov 20, 2024

On National Be an Angel Day, our longest serving volunteer was on the national news! Nearly 30 years ago, our volunteer Tat joined a field trip to God’s Love We Deliver to prepare meals for our clients, and has been with us ever since. Today, Tat has given more than 34,200 hours of volunteer service, more than any volunteer in our history. Our volunteer network is comprised of tens of thousands of dedicated individuals and Tat sets a unique example for us all. From everyone at God’s Love, we are immensely grateful for the decades of service Tat has dedicated to supporting our clients! ❤️

Holiday Volunteering with Busy Philipps

Published on Nov 5, 2024

Not a morning person? Volunteering on during the holidays gives you the energy of a double espresso! ☕️ The holidays are right around the corner, and we need YOUR help to deliver to neighbors in need across NYC. God’s Love delivers to all five boroughs, so there’s always a route for you 🚚 Interested in volunteering on Thanksgiving Day? Our team is hard at work preparing our Thanksgiving dinners for a special delivery, and that’s where YOU can help! We are looking for volunteers with their *own cars* to help us deliver meals and love to our clients, their caregivers, and children. Across all five boroughs, we’ll be at distribution centers where you can pick up meals and deliver in your neighborhood!🗽 From the top of the Bronx to the bottom of Staten Island and everywhere in between, we believe that everyone deserves a Thanksgiving dinner with their loved ones ❤️ Our biggest thanks to Busy Philipps for helping us get the word out about our delivery opportunities! Help us deliver this Thanksgiving Day by signing up at https://www.glwd.org/volunteer/holida...

Brian Lehrer and Volunteer Talk Giving Back and God's Love We Deliver on WNYC

Published on Nov 16, 2024

No matter how you give back, there’s always a place for YOU to volunteer at God’s Love We Deliver! ❤️ God’s Love is the ONLY provider of medically tailored meals to New Yorkers living with illness. Not only does it take nearly 5 million meals annually to serve our clients – it takes over 23,000 of our dedicated volunteers. Seven days a week, our doors are open for everyone to help nourish our neighbors – from kitchen projects, to delivering on-foot, to traveling across the city with our van drivers, our meals get to our clients' doors thanks to the hard work and love that comes from every volunteer shift. Our volunteer and staff member Ruthie dialed into the Brian Lehrer show to let his listeners know how great of a place to volunteer God's Love is. SHARE this post to let YOUR network know! 🔊

Thanksgiving 2020

Published on Nov 28, 2020

Thanksgiving 2019

Published on Dec 9, 2019

Thank you to the more than 1,700 volunteers who worked so hard to help us cook and home-deliver 8,400 Thanksgiving meals this year!

Our Volunteers are 10,000 Strong!

Published on Apr 12, 2018

For more than three decades, God’s Love We Deliver has been providing the medically tailored, nutritious meals that our clients so urgently require. From the very beginning, we recognized the force of the tremendous heart of our volunteers. Today, we are proud and humbled to have the help of our now 13,000 individuals who give their time and talent to God’s Love every year.

No Tank Tops in the Kitchen!

Published on May 23, 2017

At God’s Love We Deliver, we are committed to maintaining the highest possible standard of food safety for our clients living with severe illness. It’s important to our staff, our volunteers, and our clients to know that every single one of the thousands of meals produced in our kitchen each year has been prepared with a commitment to quality, nutrition and love.

#FeedYourPride!

Published on Jun 26, 2018

On Sunday, June 24, God's Love We Deliver was joined by over 200 staff, volunteers, and community members at the 49th Annual NYC Pride March. God's Love has participated in the event for more than 28 years and we are grateful to everyone who joined us! #FeedYourPride

What we accomplish with our volunteers

Published on Jun 28, 2018

Every year our volunteers help us reach new heights as we deliver more meals and reach more people than ever. Check out all the fantastic milestones we have reached this year -- we couldn't have accomplished so much without you!

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Need More Information?

View our FAQs and other helpful information on our Volunteer FAQs & Resources page.

Or feel free to contact our Volunteer Office via email at volunteer@glwd.org or telephone at 212.294.8158.