It’s no secret, we’re passionate about fighting food insecurity across metro Atlanta. With more than 22% of Atlantans living below the poverty line, food insecurity is a growing concern in our community. In fact, hunger will impact 1 in 4 Atlanta children at some point this year.

The Atlanta Hawks are rallying the Atlanta community to pack more than 1 million meals for Georgia families facing food insecurity. The Million Meal Pack happens July 16 at State Farm Arena and we need about 200 Support Staff volunteers to help ensure the meals get packed so families get fed.

As a Support Staff volunteer, You will NOT be packing meals. You’ll be assisting the event, leading groups of volunteer meal packers as a Table Captain or by running food, replenishing supplies and packing boxes as a Logistics volunteer. We’ve outlined roles and responsibilities below.

Volunteer Perks

Those in attendance will be volunteering alongside influencers from the worlds of sports, entertainment, government, and business, during a fun-filled day with music, performances, free swag and more! Everyone who completes a volunteer shift will receive a voucher for a pair of free tickets to a select upcoming Hawks home game. Exact game dates will be available following the release of the 2022-23 season schedule. Volunteers will also get an event t-shirt and a meal at the start of their shift.

Support Staff Roles + Responsibilities

Table Captains
As a Support Staff volunteer, you’ll be a part of the production team that supports and assists the 5,000 Meal Packing volunteers to ensure we hit the total meals packed goal. As a Table Captain, you’ll be assigned to a table and lead the 10-15 volunteers in packing meals. You will train the meal packing volunteers, oversee the packing process for their table for the entirety of the event and be responsible for cleanup in between meal packing shifts. You should be comfortable speaking in front of and instructing groups, comfortable with ensuring that safety protocols are followed by all volunteers (provided by Meal Pack partner), and ready to help keep energy high and atmosphere fun during packing. You’ll be on your feet and moving throughout your shift.

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Operations + Logistics
As a Support Staff volunteer, you’ll be a part of the production team that supports and assists the 5,000 Meal Packing volunteers to ensure we hit the total meals packed goal. The Operations + Logistics volunteer will fill and refill meal ingredients from their bags, keep a continual supply at individual packing lines, and work with Table Captains to ensure efficient/proper packaging of individual bags into boxes and onto the pallets. This is a very active role where volunteers need the ability to lift 50 lbs and be on their feet and moving throughout their shift.

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