Volunteer Hub

Email volunteer@thecommunitytable.org or call 715-835-4977 x7 for more volunteer information!

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.

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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

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.

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 Avery 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. Contact volunteer@thecommunitytable.org for more information.