Volunteer in Bernalillo, Valencia Counties During COVID-19 Crisis

On Saturday, we wrote about the statewide effort to help address the increasing food gaps in New Mexico during the health emergency caused by the outbreak of COVID-19. New Mexico First and Share New Mexico have put together a list of volunteer opportunites for residents of Bernalillo and Valencia Counties. 

The need for emergency food has hit a real crisis across New Mexico. Our children are the hungriest in the nation pre-pandemic and the situation is getting desperate for families, food banks, and food pantries statewide. 

The emergency food providers count on volunteers to achieve their missions. Most of those volunteers throughout the state are retirees and our elders are at particularly high-risk of illness rights now. Our emergency food programs throughout the state have pantries closing because of lack of volunteers. Food banks and pantries are practicing social distancing to keep volunteers, staff, and the community safe as they distribute food to hungry people.  Providers report 40-200% increases in families/individuals using services. We can all be a part of the solution.

1. Volunteer (if you're healthy and able).
2. Donate personal protective equipment (gloves and masks) to keep volunteers and the public healthy as food is shared.
3. Donate boxes and bags.  Many emergency food providers have gone to drive through food distribution to limit contact and respond t the increased number of people using these community supports.
4. Donate cleaning supplies. Shelters and pantries maintain high standards of cleanliness and safety but hoarding of cleaning supplies means that they cannot buy these needed items.
5. Please give monetary donations to food banks and pantries to purchase large quantities of food and cover mileage and supplies to distribute food. Consider giving locally as well as finding a rural, frontier or Tribal community program to support as they have been particularly hard hit and experience food deserts during normal times.
6. Help your neighbors. You can practice social distancing and continue to reach out to neighbors/community members who may be unable to leave their home and offer help with the basics.  You can call ahead and drop off needed items in their driveways. We all have something to offer each other.

Connect with our Emergency Food Providers

Roadrunner Food Bank provides food to the pantries in your community and in many other counties throughout the state. Call 505.247.2052 or email info@rrfb.org.  Donate to Roadrunner Food Bank.

Food Pantries in Bernalillo County – Call First as the situation is rapidly changing.

Organization Name Phone Alamosa Health and Social Services Center (505) 836-8800 Bernadette's Pantry (505) 298-7557 Calvary Church Albuquerque (505) 344-0880 Cathedral of St. John (505) 247-1581 Church of God New Mexico (505) 889-2939 CNM Mobile Food Pantry (505) 224-4000 x53332 Comida Buena Food Pantry (505) 262-6599 East Central Health and Social Services Center (505) 767-5700 East Gate Church (505) 296-7875 East Mountain Food Pantry (505) 228-9593 First Bilingual Baptist Church (505) 247-4781 First Unitarian Church (505) 884-1801 Glory Christian Fellowship (505) 275-9623 God's Warehouse (505) 234-4251 God's Warehouse (505) 242-3530 Grant Chapel A.M.E. Church (505) 293-1300 Harvest Fellowship (505) 899-0594 Heaven Bound Ministries (505) 343-0544 Highland Baptist Church (505) 256-1682 Holy Family Catholic Church (505) 842-5426 Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal MI 505-247-2052 Iglesia Triunfante de Jesucristo 505-247-2052 John Marshall Health and Social Services Center (505) 848-1345 Joshua's Vineyard 505-266-9828 La Mesa Presbyterian Church (505) 247-2052 Liferoots Church 505-345-3836 Living Word Christian Outreach (505) 873-8655 Los Griegos Health and Social Services Center (505) 761-4050 Sandia Church of the Nazarene 505-881-0267 Montgomery Church of Christ (505) 884-7926 New Beginnings Church (505) 883-9079 New Mexico Dream Center (505) 900-3833 Newsoul Church (505) 831-5365 Pajarito Mesa Community Church of the Nazarene (505) 702-1736 Praise and Worship Center 505-261-6241 Rio Grande Food Project (505) 831-3778 Sacred Word Church (505) 433-4814 San Jose Parish (505) 242-3658 Second Presbyterian Church (505) 242-8005 Silver Horizons New Mexico, Inc. (505) 884-3881 South Albuquerque Cooperative Ministry (SACM) (505) 877-0632 St. John XXIII Catholic Community (505) 293-0376 St. John's United Methodist Church - Albuquerque (505) 883-9717 St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church (505) 345-8147 St. Vincent de Paul - Albuquerque Clearinghouse (505) 346-1500 Steelbridge Resource Center (505) 554-2780 Storehouse New Mexico (505) 842-6491 Templo Roca de Salvacion (505) 907-9084 The Salvation Army (505) 355-0401 Triumph Centre at Bethel (505) 822-8553 Valley Gospel Tabernacle 505-877-4890 Veterans Integration Centers (VIC) - Albuquerque (505) 265-0512
Food Pantries in Valencia County – Call First
Organization Name	Phone
Belen Area Food Pantry	505-358-0862
Belen First Assembly of God	(505) 864-4117
Belen MainStreet Partnership	505-864-8091
Christian Family Fellowship COG	(505) 463-3498
Los Lunas First Baptist Church	505-247-2052
Midwest NM Community Action Program (CAP)	(505) 865-9697
Peralta Memorial UMC	505-247-2052

If you have questions about other needs, you can search on the FREE SHARE New Mexico resource Directory at sharenm.org.

Wishing you safety, health, and the power of knowing we're in this together,

The team at New Mexico First and Share New Mexico