Volunteer From Home:

Create Meals Made Easy Kits

Help neighbors in San Diego access nutritious meals by assembling meal kits from your kitchen. Perfect for students, families, and anyone wanting flexible volunteer opportunities.

Simple. Flexible. Impactful.

Create meal kits using shelf-stable ingredients that help neighbors experiencing food insecurity prepare nutritious meals at home. Choose from tested recipes, assemble ingredients in clear bags with recipe cards, and drop them off at our San Diego facility—all on your schedule.

Perfect for:

  • Students earning community service hours
  • Families teaching kids about giving back
  • Remote workers seeking flexible volunteer options
  • Anyone who wants to help but can’t volunteer on-site

How it Works

Five Simple Steps
A woman and a young girl holding food and smiling with at Feeding San Diego truck in the background
  • 1

    Let us know you’ll be participating

  • 2

    Choose Your Recipe – Select from our nutritious meal options – choose ONE recipe per batch of 12 kits

  • 3
    Gather Ingredients – Shop for ingredients or host a mini food drive
  • 4
    Assemble Kits – Please use clear bags and include the provided recipe cards
  • 5

    Drop Off – Bring completed kits to our facility – 9477 Waples St. Suite 100, San Diego, CA 92121
    Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm

Your Time = Real Impact

Every 12 kits you create earns 2 volunteer hours and helps provide nutritious meals to San Diego neighbors.

12 kits → 2 volunteer hours
24 kits → 4 volunteer hours
36 kits → 6 volunteer hours
48 kits → 8 volunteer hours

We’ve Got You Covered

We Provide:

✓ Recipe cards (ready to print and include)
✓ Detailed guidelines
✓ Food safety instructions
✓ All program materials via email

You Provide:

  • Shelf-stable ingredients (per chosen recipe)
  • Clear sealable bags
  • Your time and care

FAQs

Please stick to one recipe type per batch of 12 kits for consistency.

12 kits is our minimum for volunteer hour credit, but you can work toward this goal over time.

No, all items must have original labels with ingredient lists for food safety.

No, Court Ordered Volunteering must be done on-site in one of our Food Sorting Shift. For more information, please visit our Court Ordered Volunteering page.

Yes! If you are under 18, you can still participate — just be sure to have your parent or guardian provide consent by filling out their information on the form.

Please allow 3-5 business days for volunteer hours to be processed and added after submitting your meal kits.

Yes, absolutely! A printable flyer is available here. 

For any additional questions, please feel free to reach out to Angelica-Joy Enriquez at aenriquez@feedingsandiego.org