Serving our homeless Austin neighbors with food, clothing and compassion
URGENT NEED: HOT WEATHER CLOTHING (press to learn more)
Current items needed include new or gently used HOT WEATHER ADULT CLOTHING-Athletic shoes, tee shirts, polo shirts, and shorts.
Please place your washed, folded and bagged hot weather ADULT clothing donations in our commissary’s outdoor clothing bin, located just to the right of the overhead door.
903 S Capital of Texas Hwy, 78746
IMPACT LAST YEAR
45,000 Meals Served
900 Volunteer Shifts
10,000+ lbs Clothing Distributed
Be a Positive Impact
Volunteer Opportunities
Help us to make a positive and long-lasting impact in our community. Explore our volunteer options below to find the perfect fit for your skills and interests. Each role is essential in making a positive impact in the lives of individuals experiencing homelessness, we would love to hear from you.
Make Ready Team
Volunteers commit to a recurring once-per-month schedule on the same make-ready team. They prepare sandwiches and other meal items and assist as needed with loading trucks with food, clothing and other toiletries that will be distributed. Volunteers under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Truck Run Team
Volunteers commit to recurring once-per-month involvement on the same truck team. Routes are pre-determined by the truck team captain, and volunteers assist with the distribution of food and other items at each of the stops during their shift. The goal of each truck run is to connect human to human, heart to heart with our neighbors who are experiencing homelessness. An average truck run generally lasts around 2 hours depending on the itinerary. Each MLF food truck holds six people including the driver, and any volunteers under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Baking
Sweets & Treats
Baking Desserts
Volunteers make 2 dozen BAGS of cookies or brownies to put out on the trucks as desserts. Once cooked, they are bagged into individual hearty servings (approx. 3 average size cookies or one 3″x3″ brownie). We put 65 desserts out per truck run. ALL ITEMS should be home-baked and not mass produced items like Oreos, Chips Ahoy or Girl Scout cookies. Items must be packaged in a Ziploc baggie. No Saran-wrapped items. Deliveries for baked goods are Sunday thru Wednesday between 8:00am and 8:00pm. No deliveries Thursday, Friday or Saturdays.
Help is currently needed for the weeks of the 1st Sunday and 5th Sunday of each month.
Egg Delivery
High Protein
Volunteers to bringing in three dozen (2 cartons of 18 preferred) hard-boiled eggs once per month for use as a food item delivered on truck runs.
Sunday – Wednesday Dropoff
Help is currently needed for the weeks of the 1st Sunday and 5th Sunday of each month.
Clothing
Individual Donations
Individuals can donate clothing items that are sent out on our MLF truck runs.
Current items needed include new or gently used HOT WEATHER ADULT CLOTHING- tee shirts, polo shirts, shorts, athletic shoes.
Please place your hot summer clothing donations in the outdoor clothing bin at our commissary, located just to the right of the overhead door.
Clothing
Group Drives
Volunteer groups can sponsor a clothing or shoe drive. These items are sent out on our MLF truck runs. Please contacts us to organize.
Your Help Matters
Our sole source of funds are your donations directly to our MLF SJN commissary.
Join us in making a difference. 100% of your contributions directly support our mission to hit the streets of Austin 7 nights a week, 365 days a year to provide food, clothing and other life-sustaining items to homeless men and women who are struggling to survive.
Make A Difference
We appreciate your desire to donate to Mobile Loaves & Fishes – St. John Neumann Commissary. We have several levels at which you may show your support of our ministry.