 The Bemidji Community food shelf gives away more than 5,000 tons of food a day and right now they need a few good volunteers to help them meet the needs of the community. This is the time of the year when volunteers at the food shelf are needed the most that's because many of them leave the regular workers leave the area for the winter. There are no requirements to volunteer and there are many different jobs a volunteer can do from interviewing food shelf customers to working out in the warehouse. There are only so many staff here at the food shelf that are paid and for the most part we rely heavily on our volunteers to help this place run. So we're open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. so we're looking for volunteers to help interview customers, shop in our store, work in our warehouse, a variety of volunteer opportunities are available. If you're interested in volunteering we have the link to sign up with this story on our website lptv.org slash news.