Community Refrigerator Volunteer Application

Community refrigerators are a vital resource for reducing food waste and fighting food insecurity in neighborhoods across the country. Whether you're running a mutual aid network, a nonprofit food program, or a grassroots community initiative, finding reliable volunteers with the right food safety knowledge is essential to keeping your fridge stocked, safe, and accessible.

This Community Refrigerator Volunteer Application template is designed specifically for organizations that need to recruit, vet, and coordinate volunteers who will handle food donation pickups, restocking, cleaning, and monitoring. The form collects essential information including food safety certifications, availability for restocking shifts, pickup coordination preferences, and baseline nutrition knowledge—ensuring you build a team that can maintain high standards of food safety while serving your community with care.

Paperform makes it easy to customize this template to match your program's specific needs. Add conditional logic to show different questions based on volunteer roles, embed the form directly on your community fridge website or social channels, and automatically route new applications to your volunteer coordinator via email or Slack. With Stepper (stepper.io), you can automate onboarding workflows—trigger welcome emails, schedule orientation calls, add volunteers to your calendar system, and update your volunteer database without lifting a finger.

Whether you're launching your first community fridge or scaling up to serve multiple neighborhoods, this template helps you recruit passionate, qualified volunteers who are ready to make a real difference in food access and waste reduction.