Show up. We will find the work.

Regular shifts

• Pantry — Tuesday or Saturday, 3:30–7:30 pm. Stocking shelves before opening, sorting produce, supporting neighbors as they come through. Eight volunteers per shift, two leads.
• Garden work-day — Saturdays year-round, 9 am–12 pm. Bed maintenance, composting, irrigation checks, harvest in season. Twelve volunteers per shift, two leads. Coffee at 8:45.
• Pickup driver — Mondays + Fridays, 10 am–noon. Restaurant donation pickups (three stops, all within a mile of the garden). Box truck provided; need a Class C license and a clean driving record.
• Cooking workshop helper — Wednesdays during cohort weeks, 5:30–8 pm. Setup, ingredient prep, cleanup. Two helpers per workshop. Best for someone curious about teaching the workshop themselves.
• Office work — flexible, 4 hrs/week. Donor thank-you letters, social posts, the unglamorous spreadsheet work. Best for someone who would rather not be on their feet.

Seasonal shifts

• Spring build days — three Saturdays in March. Repairing raised beds, refilling soil, prepping irrigation. Plot-holders also work on their own beds; nonplot-holder volunteers help with the common areas.
• Holiday pantry — week of Thanksgiving + week of Christmas. Extra hours, extra shelves, extra produce; about double the regular weekly volume.

How to start

• Email Tomás, our volunteer coordinator, at volunteer@commonroots.example. Tell him which shift you are interested in and three time windows that work in the next two weeks.
• Show up for an intro shift with a returning volunteer as a buddy. Roughly thirty minutes of safety walkthrough, then the rest is the actual shift.
• Decide if it fits. Most regular volunteers commit to two shifts a month; some are once a quarter; some are every week. There is no minimum and no awkward “you have not shown up in a while” emails.