Our Volunteers
The Community Pantry employs a full-time Manager of Operations and a Volunteer Executive Director, utilizing the services of over 65 dedicated volunteers putting in over 1500 hours per month to handle thousands of pounds of food and process over 900 families each month. Our volunteers range between 12 years to over 70 years of age.
Our need for volunteers is great throughout the year and especially high during the holiday season November and December and the Second Saturday of May for the Annual Postal Carriers Food Drive.
Donors & Volunteers Hours
Monday to Friday 8:00 AM to 1:00PM
Volunteer Opportunities
Please feel free to visit our facility to learn more about volunteering. Or if you would like to join our enthusiastic group of community-minded and caring volunteers, please call our office at (951) 929-1101 and leave a message or contact us.
Volunteer of the Month
Herminia Sharp
November 2026
This month, Valley Community Pantry celebrates Herminia Sharp, a volunteer whose steady presence helps neighbors who are homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless, get the food they need.
Herminia kept showing up through the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, when the need in the San Jacinto Valley was greatest. Because of her, families in our community could still count on the pantry.
Her service has been noticed beyond our doors. Supervisor Yxstian Gutierrez recently honored her, saying the review committee was amazed by how much she has done and calling her a testament to “compassion, love and service above self.”
Herminia is humble about the praise. “I just wanted to do something good that makes me feel good,” she said, adding that she goes home happy every day because she had the chance to help.
Thank you, Herminia, for everything you give to our pantry and our community.
Read more about Supervisor Yxstian Gutierrez recently honoring Herminia Sharp
Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
H. Jackson Brown. Jr
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