Volunteer

Volunteer Opportunities

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Daily Meal Services

Serving hot meals to our guests is a very rewarding way to support our homeless community. Click on the job titles below to read more about that opportunity.

Prep Cook: Cook meals for people facing homelessness.

Meal ServerHelp serve lunch or dinner.

Group Volunteering: Have your group come to volunteer monthly at the Mission.


Office Support Volunteer

Our development department needs an Office Assistant to help with a wide variety of administrative tasks such as:

• Helping with mailings and data management

• Social media and marketing

Do you have the passion and the interest in helping the admin side of the Mission? We can’t wait to meet you.


Clothing Area Volunteers

6,700 articles of clothing are distributed to our guests every year. With your help we would love to give away even more clothing! Click on the job titles below to read more about that opportunity.

Clothing Distribution Supervisor: Interacting with our guests and helping them find clothes that are right for them.  

Clothing Assistant: Help organize the distribution rooms. Track the inventory so we know when we are low on certain types of clothes.

We are taking volunteers to do Women’s Clothing Distribution on Tuesdays from 1:00 pm-2:00 pm. For more details, connect with our Volunteer Coordinator at (206) 682-3579 x 101


Holiday Volunteering

What better way to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas than to give your time and energy to those who need help the most! Click on the job titles below to read more about that opportunity.

Thanksgiving and Christmas Meal Servers

Christmas Gift Wrappers

Donation Drives


Care Kit Ministry

Care Kits are a great way for your group to serve the homeless community with tangible items that are desperately needed by our friends and neighbors on the streets in Pioneer Square. They include things like:

Non-Perishable Food, Bottled Water, Socks, Toothbrushes & Toothpaste and Essential Toiletries

Learn more!

Volunteering at the Mission

Each year the Bread of Life Mission serves over 121,000 meals, distributes 6,700 items of clothing and provides 40,100 nights of shelter. We could not do this without the support of our volunteer staff. Volunteering at the Mission is a great way to give back to the community and a very rewarding experience. We would love to have you join our team of dedicated volunteers.


How to Become a Volunteer

  1. Register here

  2. Look for the email from the Breadoflifemission.org. (Note: it could take up to 3 days to hear back from us.)

  3. Once approved, visit our volunteer calendar and register for any opportunity that interests you.

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