Opportunities to Get Involved
Produce To The People™
Help get us cued up for success at weekly produce markets both behind the scenes and on the front lines.
Produce Sorting
Volunteers play an essential role in culling through donated fruits and vegetables to get them ready for distribution. Additional tasks at these shifts might include composting, recycling cardboard, cleaning out crates, sorting bulk grains and more.
Market Support
Pitch in at our farmer market-style produce distributions which share local produce, recipes and other community resources with over 1,000 households each week! Positions include Setup, Welcome Table, Produce Sharing, Support Zone Assistance (sharing pre-packed boxes with those who have mobility issues), Cooking Demos, Kids Programming and sharing bounty at our Local Foods Tents. Speak Spanish? Our Latino Community Markets in Swannanoa can use helping hands each Wednesday too!
Rooted In Health™
Do you have knowledge about a specific health and wellness topic or a passion for cooking?
Cooking Demos - Prep & Creation
Elevate our market experience with weekly Cooking Demos featuring seasonal produce. Join our volunteer team to play a crucial role in behind-the-scenes magic, from recipe preparation to market presentation. Beyond the plate, contribute to Nutrition Education Classes. Passionate about nutrition or cooking? Join us as a guest chef or class leader, inspiring a healthier, happier community through flavorful and nutritious impact!
Kids Programming
Join Bounty & Soul Kids, our latest program making a positive impact on children's lives. If you're enthusiastic and love connecting with kids, become a weekly volunteer! Engaging activities twice a week during market hours—assist or lead activities to shape a brighter future for our kids!
Farmers Alliance™
There are a number of ways to “dig in” with local garden and farm partners!
Sharing the Harvest
Bounty & Soul partners with so many local community gardens, farms, home growers, and tailgate markets to bring local produce to the people. You can join in our Harvest Days, where we head to local farms to gather foods directly from their fields. Harvest Days are a great way to see new places and get acquainted with our beautiful region!
Gardening
If you’re looking to get your hands dirty and help plant, maintain and harvest fresh produce with one of our community garden partners, we’re happy to sync you up directly with a coordinator. We also have opportunities to lend a hand with local garden partners who grow fresh produce for distribution at our no-cost Produce to the People markets. Click here to learn more!
Plant a Row
Do you have a home garden? Consider planting a row for Bounty & Soul and donating your bounty to support weekly markets! Every amount makes a difference.
Offsite/Remote Projects
Safe ways to give your time and talents in a remote capacity.
Spread the Love
As market attendance continues to soar our need for handwritten Love Notes is growing! We're seeking a handful of volunteers to spend some dedicated time crafting messages of encouragement for us to slip into our weekly food bags.
Box Pickup
Each week we send out over 600 healthy food boxes to our community. We are seeking folks to pick up square dairy boxes at local Ingles locations that can be dropped off at our Box Prep site at your convenience.
Benevolent Box Delivery
Bounty & Soul’s participants are like family. When someone experiences hardship we try hard to do everything within our means to help. We’re looking to put together a Benevolent Committee to write cards, take meals, assist with transportation to markets and do general outreach for families and individuals when they’re in need.
Community Outreach
Leverage community support from your personal and professional networks.
Fundraising
Bounty & Soul loves teaming up with local businesses and organizations for service days, in-store & online philanthropy efforts and nationwide fundraising and awareness campaigns like National Nutrition Month and Hunger Action Month. Currently, we are looking to form an experienced volunteer team in event planning/marketing/communications to help plan and execute a summer/fall event.
Crowdfunding
As a small but mighty nonprofit we’re always seeking financial support from our community. Consider starting a Facebook fundraiser or encouraging friends and family to DONATE here!
Host a Healthy Food & Fund Drive
Help us stock our shelves with healthy shelf-stable items like brown rice, quinoa, beans and oats and consider adding a fundraising component for an additional boost! Click here for Healthy Food List.
Internships
Gain valuable experience and knowledge about the inner workings of a nonprofit organization.
Intern Position Postings
Rooted in Health - Kid's Programming Intern
Social Media + Communications Intern
Please complete this application to help us learn more about you and your internship goals and weekly availability.
To learn more about how you or your business can get involved please email Karla at Karla@bountyandsoul.org
Love notes mean so much to our community as a new participant recently expressed,
"Oh my goodness I just wanted to tell you how grateful I am for these beautiful messages that sneak their way into our boxes. The one I received yesterday was particularly special and was exactly what I needed to hear! I literally cried tears of joy when I read it. Thank you for all of your time dedicated to this beautiful volunteer project and thank you to all the people that send these notes, they really do make a difference!"
Logistics Information
Online Volunteer Application
Click here to share your contact information, availability and interest areas so we can steer you in the right direction!
Liability Waiver and Photo Release
Click here to sign the liability waiver electronically.
All volunteers must sign a Liability Waiver prior to their first shift. When you fill out the online Sign Up form, you will receive an email with a link to sign the Liability Waiver electronically. OR you can print, sign and bring it in with you when you volunteer. Click here to print
Field Trip Release Form
Click here to sign the release form needed when school children volunteer with usl
Volunteer Logistics
Bounty & Soul's food processing and distribution center is now located 1038 Old US Hwy 70, Black Mountain, NC 28711
COVID Guidelines
In accordance with the latest CDC guidelines, Buncombe County is now considered “medium risk,” and masks are no longer “strongly encouraged.” Masking at Bounty & Soul events and offices is now OPTIONAL. For those who feel more comfortable wearing a mask, PLEASE DO for your own health and safety, but we will no longer require mask wearing.
For those exposed to COVID:
- Immediately take precautions, like wearing a mask, for 10 full days.
- Take a test 5 days after your exposure, regardless of symptoms. If negative, continue precautions for 5 days. If positive, follow isolation guidance.
- Quarantining, regardless of vaccination status, is no longer required.
For those who test positive for COVID-19:
- If you do not have symptoms, day 0 is the day you were tested, and you should stay home and isolate for at least 5 days.
- If symptoms develop, the isolation time resets to 0 on the day symptoms begin and you must isolate for at least 5 days.
- If you experience moderate or severe illness such as shortness of breath, difficult breathing, need to be hospitalized, or are immunocompromised, isolation should be through day 10.
- Following isolation period, masks should be worn until day 10 or until you test negative twice with 48 hours in between tests.