Volunteer

Volunteers in the Teaching Kitchen packing recipe kits for our Local Chef Cook Along

The easiest way to get involved with Be Mighty Little Rock is by becoming a volunteer. With your help, youth in Little Rock will be able to eat, play, and learn in a healthy, active, and safe environment.

Volunteers are an integral part of the meals program. Volunteers must be 16 to 65 years of age. Volunteers under 18 must have parent/ guardian approval. Afterschool hours start August 16, 2021 and go through May 2022. Meal service is Monday-Friday, 4:00-5:30 p.m. and Saturday 11:00-12:30 p.m. These hours are standard across all branches unless otherwise stated, or as library hours are effected by holiday hours. 

Exceptions to the above stated hours: 
– Dee Brown will serve meals from 2:45-4:30 p.m. M-F 
– Fletcher will serve meals from 4:00-5:30 p.m. M-Sat 
– McMath will serve meals from 12:00-1:00 p.m. on Sat
– Rooker will serve meals from 11:30-12:30 p.m. on Sat
– Williams will serve meals from 3:30-4:30 p.m. M-F
Outside of these exceptions, branches will serve meals at the standard times. For example, Dee Brown has an exception M-F, but Sat hours are the standard 11:00-12:30 p.m. 

Volunteers must arrive 15 minutes before the meal service time begins. For more information and to sign-up as a volunteer with meal distribution, click here. If you have questions or would like more information contact Polly Deems at [email protected].

Volunteers must sign in and out using the daily log. On the log, you will confirm that you agree to facial coverings and social distancing, that you are free of certain symptoms and fever, that you have not been exposed to someone with a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19, and that you have not traveled to a high-risk area as defined by the Arkansas Department of Health. Thank you for helping us protect each other and our community.

If you get tested for COVID-19, please cancel all scheduled volunteer shifts until receiving test results.  
If the volunteer experiences any symptoms of COVID-19 they must meet the following criteria before returning to volunteer: 

  • 24 hours with no fever (and no fever-reducing medications) and
  • Respiratory symptoms have improved (e.g. cough, shortness of breath) and
  • 10 days since symptoms first appeared

If the volunteer tests positive for COVID-19 but does not experience any symptoms, they must meet the following criteria before returning to volunteer: 

  • 10 days have passed since the test