Volunteer Opportunities

Individual Volunteer Opportunities:  (scroll down for group opportunities)

1. Food Pantry: Our downtown food pantry serves low-income and homeless community members with food boxes and bags for them to take and eat/prepare.  The pantry depends heavily on volunteers and can use help in the following ways:

• Volunteers will help move food from our basement storage into our ground floor pantry preparation area.  Tasks also include making sandwiches, cleaning, and accepting donations.  Requires some standing and lifting.
• Interacting with clients to obtain their information, checking eligibility, and providing the services they are looking for.  Due to COVID-19, all services have been moved outside.  Volunteers will need to to walk up and down stairs, sit outside, and use an iPad.  Services are provided in a socially distanced manner.​

To ensure we are meeting the needs of people looking for services, the Pantry staff and volunteers work as a team.  Although you will sign up for one of the two above-described positions, you may have the opportunity to serve fluidly between both.

Location: 347 S 400 East Salt Lake City, UT 84111

Hours: Monday - Friday 9am-3pm

How to Sign Up:  Click here to sign up for one of our online, half-hour volunteer orientations to learn more about our pantry and the details of the work.  Once you have attended the orientation, you'll be sent a link to a scheduling calendar to select the time that fits your availability.

2. Thrift Store:  The Crossroads Thrift Store provides free and low-cost clothing and household items to people in need.  Volunteers at the Thrift Store assist with organizing donations, stocking shelves, and cleaning.  

Location: 1385 W. Indiana Ave. Salt Lake City, UT 84104

Hours: Tuesday-Friday 12pm-5pm

How to Sign Up: Contact Elvira Garcia at (801) 359-8837

3. Westside Food Pantry: The Westside Food Pantry provides food boxes/bags.

Location: 1358 W. Indiana Ave. Salt Lake City, UT 84104

Hours: Tuesday & Thursday 9am-3pm

How to Sign Up: Contact Janice Williams at (801) 935-4079

4. Special Projects: Do you have a skill you're looking to offer or looking to hone?  Crossroads is open to special projects (ex. pro-bono photography, website assistance, political advocacy).  

Location/Hours:  Vary

How to Sign Up: Contact our Community Outreach Coordinator, Jess Roadman, by clicking here to select a phone appointment time. ​

 Group Opportunities: (group opportunities are limited due to COVID-19 safety precautions)

Crossroads is dedicated to building partnerships with our fellow community organizations, companies, and other groups.  Available projects vary depending on the time of year and the needs of your group.  See below for some project ideas:

• Host a food drive: Reach out to your friends, neighbors, and colleagues and ask them to collect food, hygiene, or clothing donations for Crossroads.  Have them drop the items off to you or in a central location, then pick a day to bring them to Crossroads.  You can even pass flyers out to your whole neighborhood asking for canned items to be set out front in bags and coordinate a pick up of items and drop off to Crossroads.
• Collect and assemble hygiene kits: Purchase travel-sized shampoo, lotion, and soap.  Assemble these items into bags and drop them off at our downtown food pantry.
• Learn about Crossroads: Invite a Crossroads representative to speak to your group.

Location: Primarily off-site 

How to Sign Up: Contact our Community Outreach Coordinator, Jess Roadman, by clicking here to select a phone appointment time.