Get Involved
Volunteering is a great way to give back to our community and be of service to our neighbors in need. As a Kitchen Angels volunteer, you will have the opportunity to make a real difference in the everyday lives of our clients.
Volunteer Opportunities
Please email all volunteer forms to our Volunteer Coordinator Crystal Hena at volunteerservices@kitchenangels.org.
For questions please contact Crystal at
505-471-7780 x202.
Kitchen - Morning Shift
Monday – Friday
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Work with staff preparing meals for our clients. Jobs include: chopping meat, fruit & vegetables and following recipes to create breakfast, salads and soups. Clean up is required after each shift.
Kitchen - Afternoon Shift
Monday – Friday
12:30 – 2:30 pm
Work with staff portioning and packaging meals for our clients. Jobs include: portioning meals, sealing entrees, color-coding & labeling meals. Clean up is required after each shift.
Delivery Prep
Monday – Friday
1:00 – 4:15 pm
Delivery room preparation involves opening up paper bags, loading correct food items, and packing thermal bags with hot entrees. When delivery drivers arrive, one volunteer greets drivers outside while the other two volunteers shuttle meal bags out to our loading dock. Good for detail-oriented people. Volunteers work in a team of three.
Delivery Driver Volunteer
Monday – Friday
3:30 – 5:30 pm
Delivery volunteers pick up meals between 3:15 – 4:15 pm. Volunteers use their own vehicle to drive the same route each week. Routes are in the city limits, grouped by location & have approximately 10 stops.
Kitchenality
Monday – Saturday
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Kitchenality is our resale store that sells new and gently used kitchen and entertainment items. Front of house tasks include customer service and working the cash register, while back of house washes, processes & prices merchandise. Must have good people skills and be cash register savvy to work in the store.
Encore Bites
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Once per month this shift is on the third week of each month. We need two volunteers to work a late shift in the kitchen preparing fresh vegetables and dip (2:30 – 4:00 pm). We also need two volunteers to set up and pack bags of snacks in our warehouse (10:00 am – 12:00 pm), and two volunteers to load those bags into our client meal bags (1:30 – 3:00 pm).
Caring Callers
Substitutes
As needed
Substitute delivery drivers, delivery preparation, and kitchen volunteers have built-in flexibility. This is a good option for people who travel a lot. Sign up for a shift when available, but you won’t be expected each week. Delivery substitutes are in high demand.
Meet Some of Our Angels
Our highly dedicated and caring volunteers are the heartbeat and lifeblood of Kitchen Angels. Without their contributions of time, energy, and talent, we could never deliver on our mission to make sure our homebound neighbors receive nutritious meals for as long as they need assistance. Each and every one of our volunteers is crucial in carrying out our mission and is very much appreciated by our staff and our clients. Here are some of the extraordinarily generous people that make Kitchen Angels so special.
Kate volunteers in Kitchenality and is an expert with sorting donations.
Richard has been volunteering for 19 years, and is now one of our Tuesday delivery coordinators.
Rob has been a delivery driver for 26 years and counting!
Download Handbooks
If you would like to learn more about what Kitchen and Delivery volunteers do, click on the links below.
Volunteer Stories
Our highly dedicated and caring volunteers are the heartbeat and lifeblood of Kitchen Angels. Without their contributions of time, energy, and talent, we could never deliver on our mission to make sure our homebound neighbors receive nutritious meals for as long as they need assistance. Each and every one of our volunteers is crucial in carrying out our mission and is very much appreciated by our staff and our clients. Here are some of the extraordinarily generous people that make Kitchen Angels so special.
Spotlight on Linda and Mike Hayden
Linda and Mike Hayden have been delivery drivers for almost 14 years. Moving to Santa Fe in 2009, they started out as substitute drivers in 2011, moving to permanent status in 2012.
They have delivered to Route 5 on Fridays for most of their time with Kitchen Angels. Asked why they volunteer, they tell us that, as their parents aged, they became less able to prepare food for themselves. Linda and Mike wished there had been a program like Kitchen Angels back then.
They’ve had one particular client since 2012. One Friday, when making their delivery, they found that she had fallen out of her wheelchair while trying to get into her bed. She was face down on the floor. As the client’s emergency contact couldn’t be reached, they helped her into her bed and reflected that they were grateful they showed up when they did or the client could have potentially lain on the floor all weekend.
Their commitment to their clients is impressive. Mike is always happy to assist with additional client requests such as replacing bird food in the bird feeders or hanging up pictures.
Thank you, Linda and Mike, for your commitment to Kitchen Angels and the care and compassion you show to your clients. And of course, happy anniversary!