Meals on Wheels Volunteer Opportunities

Thank you for volunteering. Your time and effort provide consistent meal nourishment to our neighbors in need, while also adding the extra ingredients of love and friendship. Each week, Monday through Friday, we deliver meals to nearly 500 homebound individuals​. Volunteers help deliver meals to more than 65 routes a day throughout Mecklenburg County.​ We offer medically tailored meals to those with chronic health conditions or special dietary needs.​ Daily visits from our volunteers help decrease social isolation​ and increase the ability for our neighbors to age in place. There are many ways you can help.

Ileshia Johnson ​
ijohnson@nourishup.org​ DIRECT: 704-709-1887​ OFFICE: 704-333-9229

How can you give a helping hand to Meals on Wheels Neighbors?​

Meal Delivery

A route takes approximately 1.5 hours to deliver and can be picked up from one of several locations:

Nourish Up – Main Warehouse (North Charlotte) – Pick up time: 9:45-10:30 a.​m.
901 Carrier Drive
Charlotte, NC 28216.

Sardis Presbyterian Church (Southeast Charlotte) – Pick up time: 10:30 am
6100 Sardis Rd, Charlotte, NC 28270
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St. Giles Presbyterian Church (South Charlotte) – Pick up time: 10:30 a.m.
2027 Emerywood Drive
Charlotte, NC 28210

Huntersville United Methodist Church – Pick up time: 10:30 a.m.
14005 Stumptown Road
Huntersville, NC 28078

Help at the Hunger Hub

Packing

  • Label Meals​ – A volunteer/team member attaches name and meal description labels to each meal, organizing them into stacks per route. ​Label Route bags with Route location and number. ​
  • Pack Route bag​ – A volunteer/team member gathers meals for each route, following client roster, and places them in the route bag in delivery order. ​Packing chill bags for delivery on the same day or the next day (Estimate 140-150 chill bags)​
  • Pack and Label Chill bag ​- Pack and label dietary needed chill bags (Estimate 20-40 special chill bags) A volunteer/team member places chill bag on top of the packed meals, seals the route bags, and places it on the corresponding rack.
  • Clean Route bags

Office Assistance

Fold and help to prepare invoices for our neighbors – beginning of each month
Folding Event Calendars and Newsletters – This is a once or twice-a-month task. (Estimated time 1-2 hours) ​Set your own schedule.

Remote Opportunities

Taking and triaging phone calls   ​
8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
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