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The Community Table serves hot meals 365 days a year to those in Eau Claire needing food and hospitality. We rely completely on volunteer teams from the community to prepare food and serve the hungry.

Introduction to Volunteering

If it’s your first time volunteering, or you’d like to know more about volunteering with us in general, please take the time to watch this short video that serves as an introduction to our volunteer process.

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Two women are working in a kitchen with one preparing food and the other smiling at the camera. There are various ingredients, packages, and kitchen tools on the counter.
A young man wearing a gray cap and a blue hoodie working with a large container of shredded purple cabbage in a kitchen or food preparation area.
Two children wearing aprons and gloves washing apples at a stainless steel sink in a kitchen. There is a sign on the wall with cleaning instructions.
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Two women in a commercial kitchen or food pantry, wearing aprons and hats, shaking hands over a large tray of ground meat and other ingredients. Shelves with boxes and kitchen supplies are in the background.
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A woman with short hair wearing a white apron holding a mop and smiling at the camera in a grocery store or warehouse. Two children are in the foreground, one wearing glasses and a black shirt, the other partially obscured. Shelves behind contain box
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Two women preparing salads in a kitchen or food-serving area, with multiple trays of salad and kitchen shelves in the background.
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Two women wearing aprons and gloves preparing food in a commercial kitchen or food pantry. There are trays of raw meat and other food items on the counter.
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Volunteer Schedule

  • Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday: 9:00am - 2:00pm

  • Tuesday and Friday: 3:00pm - 7:00pm

  • Sunday: 1:00pm - 5:00pm

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Volunteer As a Team

  • We try to fill our volunteer calendar with teams that provide 6-12 volunteers to prepare, serve, and clean up after daily meals. Teams also provide a $125 donation to help with rent, utilities and food costs, and four gallons of milk or two cases of water to serve the meal.

Team Sign Up

Volunteer As an Individual

  • Individual volunteers can join small teams and help fill in on days with no team. Individual volunteers also assist with events, youth nutrition programs, mailings and other projects. Click below to go to our Sign Up Genius to view current openings and special projects.

Individual Sign Up

Frequently Asked Questions

    • Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday: 9:00am - 2:00pm

    • Tuesday and Friday: 3:00pm - 7:00pm

    • Sunday: 1:00pm - 5:00pm

    • Click on the “View Schedule” button to the left of this tab.

    • Email volunteer@thecommunitytable.org or call 715-835-4977 ×7 with your team information and preferred volunteer date. Our Volunteer Coordinator Alanna will add you to the calendar and can answer any additional questions you may have.

    • Closed-toed shoes, shirts with sleeves, shorts must be below the fingertips and hair must be pulled back. Hats are encouraged, but not required.

    • We need 6-12 volunteers to prepare, serve and clean up after a meal. If your team will be smaller, we can recruit additional individuals to help. If you have more than 12 volunteers, we can break the day into shifts or plan additional projects such as deep cleaning or filling mailers. The time commitment is 4-5 hours and can be broken up into 2-3 hour shifts.

    • TCT welcomes youth volunteers! We ask that youth groups provide adequate adult supervision, which is one adult to every 5 youth volunteers. We will ask you to provide liability waivers and photo releases.

    • The Community Table asks volunteer teams to provide a $125 donation to help with rent, utilities, and food costs. Teams also provide four gallons of milk or two cases of water to serve with the hot meal.

    • Yes! We encourage volunteers to sit and eat with our guests. The Community Table is a community and this is the best way to get to know our neighbors.

    • Yes! We often need individual volunteers to supplement smaller volunteer teams or to fill in on days with no teams. Individual volunteers also help us with events, youth nutrition programs, mailings and other projects. Use bit.ly/VolunteerTCT or contact volunteer@thecommunitytable.org for more information.

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“Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once a year, but when you volunteer, you vote every day about the kind of community you want to live in.”