JOIN OUR ELITE DELIVERY FORCE - THE "ROAD WARRIORS"! Deliver food to the homes of local residents in need who are unable to come pick up from our distribution sites (homebound, disabled, shut-ins, & others). This is NOT a volunteer opportunity where you merely serve as a shuttle service, picking up meals or food and dropping it off at a distribution site, never connecting with the ultimate recipients. Here, you will be personally and directly putting food into the hands, and onto the tables, of your neighbors in need!
You may be delivering from either our Dumont or our Ridgefield facilities, depending on your location.
DO NOT CLICK THE RED "RESPOND" BUTTON TO SIGN UP FOR THIS ACTIVITY!! YOU MUST REGISTER ON OUR OWN WEBSITE, NOT HERE ON BERGENVOLUNTEERS.ORG. You must CLICK HERE for details and to sign up for this activity. We look forward to working alongside you in the fight against food insecurity!
Would you like to help your neighbors who are hungry and food insecure? Then join the Brigade!
As a volunteer with The Food Brigade, you will help to provide food, in the form of fresh and packaged foods and prepared meals, to local families and individuals dealing with hunger and food insecurity. You may assist with food pickup, transport, preparation, distribution, and delivery.
Want to see us in action? To get an idea of our hunger-relief operations, please visit our Facebook Page for details and images of some of our recent events and activities.
Please familiarize yourself with our Volunteer Guidelines prior to volunteering with us.
On Charitable Deductions:
If you contribute your time to a charitable organization such as The Food Brigade, you might be able to claim a mileage tax deduction. The deduction is meant to alleviate the expenses associated with giving your free time to good causes.
According to the IRS, any mileage incurred with your personal vehicle performing services for charitable organizations is eligible for a charity mileage deduction, so long as you were not already reimbursed by the organization. Any driving you do to get to The Food Brigade's distribution centers, our events, or any service for our organization, is also classified as charitable mileage.
The standard mileage rate for charity-related driving is $0.14 cents per mile. This rate is set by statute and has been unchanged since 1998.
Instead of using the standard charity mileage rate, you can choose to deduct actual expenses for your miles in service of charitable organizations, specifically gas and oil costs. You can’t deduct other vehicle-related costs for your charity miles such as registration, insurance, tires, maintenance, and depreciation.
No matter the deduction method you choose, you will be able to deduct your parking and toll fees.
In order to deduct expenses related to charity service, you must keep sufficient and timely records (including receipts) to present to the IRS. These include keeping a logbook of mileage you’ve driven with your personal vehicle, and fuel and oil costs if you deduct actual vehicle expenses. Smart phone apps are available in the Google Play store and the Apple app store.
