Market Volunteer Information
Market Volunteer Information
When you volunteer at Harvest on Main, you’re not just stocking shelves or bagging groceries – you’re ensuring every household can access affordable nutrition. Be a part of our vision to create a familiar neighborhood hub where people can find belonging, connection, and support. It all starts with caring people like you!
We have three shifts daily to fit your schedule. Browse the calendar below, click on a date, and choose your role — whether as a market volunteer in the retail space, or as a kitchen volunteer assisting the prepared foods chef or bakery manager. Once you register, we’ll send a confirmation with details.
Shifts are two hours, with morning and mid-day options available.
Tasks vary daily based on your role as either a market volunteer or kitchen volunteer.
Market volunteers will work under the guidance of the Market Manager and may conduct many tasks in the market retail space such as:
Kitchen volunteers will work under the guidance of the Prepared Foods Chef and the Bakery Manager and may conduct many tasks in the kitchen space such as:
Volunteers must be at least 14 years old. Younger volunteers may participate if accompanied by an adult — we’ll tailor your role to match your age and ability.
Comfortable clothing and closed-toe shoes recommended — expect light lifting or movement.
Volunteer parking is available across from the thrift store at Sharpsburg Family Worship Center (corner of 8th and Clay Streets). Metered street parking is also available on Main Street.
From our community to your feed!
Last week, Jill and Bonnie attended a @ToastTab event for local businesses in Pittsburgh.
There, they met Zoe and Max — thrifters, parents, brunch lovers, and co-owners of @lolas_eatery.
After a great conversation, Zoe pulled out her phone to follow Second Harvest… and realized she was our 5,000th follower 🎉
So this week, we stopped by Lola’s with a little celebration of our own.
To celebrate 5K together, we’re giving away:
✨ $100 to Second Harvest Community Thrift Store
✨ $100 to Harvest on Main Community Market
✨ $100 to Lola’s Eatery
TO ENTER:
👆 Follow @secondharvestpgh + @lolas_eatery
🗯️ Comment on this post
➕ Optional bonus entry: Share/send to a friend or repost to stories
Giveaway ends 5/27.
Thank you for helping us build something that feels deeply rooted in community — one neighbor, conversation, and connection at a time 💛
Official rules at the link in our bio. This giveaway is not affiliated with or sponsored by Instagram. Open to residents of the United States ages 16+. Giveaway ends on Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
We wish every single fan of Bonnie’s could have been in the audience at last week’s Pittsburgh Business Times’ Women of Influence Awards celebration.
Getting to celebrate alongside so many inspiring women leaders — and to see Bonnie recognized among this year’s honorees for the care, vision, and leadership she brings to Second Harvest every day — was incredibly special.
These moments are a reminder that community-centered work matters. And we’re so grateful to everyone who has been part of this journey with us.
Congratulations again, Bonnie — we’re still celebrating you. 💛
📸:@pghbiztimes #WomenofInfluence
Last week, Second Harvest’s own Bonnie DeMotte received the American Association of University Women’s Gateway to Equity Award in recognition of the vision and dedication behind Second Harvest’s work in Sharpsburg.
From the Community Thrift Store to Harvest on Main Community Market, Bonnie’s leadership has helped create spaces that meet the community’s material and relational needs — reducing barriers to affordable essentials while building places where neighbors feel welcomed, known, and cared for.
Bonnie would be the first to say this work has always belonged to a community of neighbors, volunteers, staff, and partners who have built Second Harvest together along the way. We were especially glad that longtime volunteer Lindsay Totten could be there to celebrate with Bonnie last week.
Drop a 🎉 in the comments to congratulate Bonnie and the team on this meaningful honor — and to celebrate a community that continues to show what’s possible when neighbors come together with care, dignity, and hope.
#AmericanAssociationofUniversityWomen #AAUW #GatewaytoEquity
At Second Harvest, Wednesday mornings are about more than coffee and conversation.
What started as a Senior Social — a chance for our silver neighbors to gather over a meal on us and enjoy 25% off in the store — has grown into something deeper: friendship, routine, and belonging.
Most Wednesday mornings, senior neighbors come to the store whether there’s an official Senior Social or not – usually with a homemade cake in hand. There are always familiar faces waiting for them around the table. “Everyone’s smiling, laughing, telling each other they love each other, and sharing a good meal,” says one neighbor.
These are the kinds of moments that make Second Harvest more than a store – made possible by the generosity of neighbors like you.
☕ Senior Socials take place the 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of the month from 10AM–12PM at Second Harvest Community Thrift Store.
🚐 Free transportation is available courtesy of North Hills Community Outreach. Call Tracy to schedule a pick-up: 412-449-0151.
