How to Volunteer - Backpacks of Love

Working directly with schools throughout Central Virginia to feed hungry kids on weekends.

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Currently serving schools in Powhatan, Chesterfield, Henrico, Hanover, Goochland, Buckingham, Amelia, Cumberland, and the City of Hopewell, Virginia.

How You Can Volunteer

Volunteer Opportunities for Backpacks of Love include:

Do a fundraiser for the organization.
Promote our posts on social media and raise awareness for the organization and the fundraisers we are currently running.
Do a food drive.
Deliver food bags to the schools.
Research grant opportunities for the organization to apply to.
Volunteer at our fundraising events.
Do a peanut butter food drive a few times a year.
Do a Facebook fundraiser for us.
Pack food bags for the children.
Connect us with other community organizations that you are involved with.
Take recycled materials over to Powhatan refuse center for recycling.
Clean inside and outside of pantry.
For those that own or run businesses that sell products or services run a percentage of sales campaign for a day, week, or whatever time that gives a certain amount of the proceeds back to Backpacks of Love. We will also work with your company to promote your giving on our social media sites. If you have a banner or sign, we will also post it in our pantry which hundreds of volunteers come to and help us pack and deliver to the schools.

Visit our volunteer calendar to get started.

Select a service you are interested in (click “Show more services” to see them all.)
Within the service block, click “read more” for additional information.
- Some services don’t have specific times and ask for you to contact us for specifics.
- On mobile devices, “read more” detail may only display the 1st line. You can select the 1st line and then scroll down to see the additional lines.
Days on which a specific service is available, will be in black text on the calendar (instead of gray text)
Choose a date and then choose the time.
Fill in your name and email address and then click Book to confirm your spot.
You’ll receive a confirmation email with all the details—and you can easily reschedule or cancel if needed.

The mission of Backpacks of Love is to eliminate hunger in school-age children in Central Virginia by providing food for their weekends.