2026 Volunteer Report
Read about volunteering at Willing Hands in 2025, and explore volunteer opportunities for 2026!
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A Safer, More Efficient Water Park
Have you heard of the Willing Hands Water Park? Our food bin washing area has been lovingly named the Water Park by its visitors, and it recently got an upgrade thanks to our volunteers, the Norwich Women’s Club, and the Utility Club of Lyme! Willing Hands has nearly 1,000 red and black bins that move
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2024 Volunteer Impact Report
In 2024, hundreds of volunteers worked with Willing Hands to ensure thousands of pounds of fresh food made it onto meal plates all over the Upper Valley. Volunteers are at the heart of the Willing Hands mission. Read our Volunteer Impact Report to see their full impact in 2024.
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Volunteer Spotlight: Ross
Every week, Ross Edwards quietly sorts boxes of wholesale produce in the Willing Hands warehouse alongside our Warehouse Coordinator, Scott. The good-looking food goes straight on the delivery truck, the too-far-gone items go straight in the compost, and everything in between will be carefully sorted by volunteers the following day. The work can be slimy
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Volunteer Spotlight: Morgan
When Morgan Duncan first heard about Willing Hands, she was immediately drawn to the idea of gleaning produce from local farms to feed food-insecure community members. But she was nervous to get involved. With some gentle encouragement from her manager at King Arthur Baking Company, she took the leap and attended her first volunteer session.
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Volunteer Spotlight: John
John Collier is fascinated by blueberries. It’s been that way since he was a child growing up in the Catskills near a mountaintop carpeted in lowbush blueberries. When his family moved to New Hampshire, they brought some of the bushes along, and bought some high bushes to add to the mix. Fast forward a few
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