Click here for Court-Appointed Community Service information

If you are completing community service hours through a court system (that is not Travis County Adult Probation), through a pre-trial diversion program, or if you have any other mandated community service hours to fulfill, you may complete your hours volunteering with the Food Bank if your offense is not any of the following.

• Sexual offense
• Assault or other violent offense
• Felonies
• Prostitution
• Tampering with consumer products
• Burglary or theft involving weapons
• Robbery
• Stalking
• Manslaughter
• Animal cruelty
• Any offenses against children
• Terroristic threats

Click here to register and sign up for an available volunteer shift for Court-Appointed Community Service.

Verifying Hours

The Food Bank will NOT track your hours for you. When you volunteer for community service, please bring your own log sheet and track your hours.

Leaving Early?

The Food Bank does not award partial credit if you leave a shift before being dismissed by staff. Be sure to only sign up for shifts that you can attend from start to finish.

Donating instead of completing hours

You may also be able to donate funds or food in lieu of completing hours. Please talk to your lawyer, judge, or other community service contact in order to determine if this is possible. Please scroll to the bottom of this page for our scheduled closures when we’re unable to accept in-person donations.

Please note due to COVID-19, we are not writing receipts for food donations at this time.

If you’ve been approved by your community service contact to make a monetary donation, you may donate online at www.centraltexasfoodbank.org/CSR. Donations are not refundable. You will receive an emailed receipt stating the amount you donated that you can present to your community service contact. Note: the dollars to hours ratio is determined by your community service contact and not by the Food Bank.

Click here for Travis County Adult Probation (TCAP) Community Service information

UPDATE May 1, 2022, TCAP will resume in-person community service.

Donating instead of completing hours for TCAP

You may be able to donate funds in lieu of completing hours. To do this, you must be in compliance with the terms of your probation and your Probation Officer must initiate a referral for you to become eligible. Please talk to your Probation Officer for eligibility.

If you have been approved by your Probation Officer, you may donate online at www.centraltexasfoodbank.org/TCAP. Donations are not refundable.

We report donations on a weekly basis to TCAP, so there will be a delay from when you complete a donation to when your Probation Officer sees it.

Volunteering

If you have been assigned by Travis County Adult Probation (TCAP) to complete your hours with the Food Bank, ensure your offense is not any of the following:

• Sexual offense
• Assault or other violent offense
• Felonies
• Prostitution
• Tampering with consumer products
• Burglary or theft involving weapons
• Robbery
• Stalking
• Manslaughter
• Animal cruelty
• Any offenses against children
• Terroristic threats

Click here to register and sign up for an available volunteer shift for Travis County Adult Probation.

You may complete community service hours by volunteering in our Warehouse, Kitchen, or Garden. Only hours worked in one of these three programs are eligible for community service credit with TCAP. You will not receive TCAP credit for Mobile Food Pantry or other volunteer program hours.

Your First TCAP Volunteer Shift

On your first day volunteering at the Food Bank:

• Bring your CSR Placement Agreement form (also called an Assignment Sheet) provided by your Probation Officer. This form states your offense, Cause Number, and that you have been assigned to complete hours with the Central Texas Food Bank.
• Bring a government-issued photo ID

Tell the Volunteer Engagement staff member at the check-in desk that you are here for your first day of TCAP volunteer service. We will verify that you are eligible to volunteer and ensure your account is correctly configured so that your hours are reported to TCAP. If you do not verify your registration, your volunteer hours may not be reported to TCAP.

Verifying Hours

Hours completed in our Warehouse, Kitchen, and Garden are tracked in your volunteer account. We report these hours on a weekly basis to TCAP, so there will be a delay from when you complete the hours to when your Probation Officer sees them.

You will not receive credit for Mobile Pantry or any offsite hours.

Leaving Early?

The Food Bank does not award partial credit if you leave a shift before being dismissed by staff. Be sure to only sign up for shifts that you can attend from start to finish.

Click here for Travis County Drug Court Community Service information

Donating instead of completing hours for TCAP

You may be able to donate funds in lieu of completing hours. To do this, you must be in compliance with the terms of your probation and your Probation Officer must initiate a referral for you to become eligible. Please talk to your Probation Officer for eligibility.

If you have been approved by your Probation Officer, you may donate online at www.centraltexasfoodbank.org/TCAP. Donations are not refundable.

We report donations on a weekly basis to TCAP, so there will be a delay from when you complete a donation to when your Probation Officer sees it.

Volunteering

If you have been assigned by Travis County Drug Court to complete your hours with the Food Bank, ensure your offense is not any of the following:

• Sexual offense
• Assault or other violent offense
• Felonies (other than what is being deferred through Drug Court)
• Prostitution
• Tampering with consumer products
• Burglary or theft involving weapons
• Robbery
• Stalking
• Manslaughter
• Animal cruelty
• Any offenses against children
• Terroristic threats

Click here to register and sign up for an available volunteer shift for Travis County Drug Court.

You may complete community service hours by volunteering in our Warehouse, Kitchen, or Garden. Only hours worked in one of these three programs are eligible for community service credit with Travis County Drug Court. You will not receive Travis County Drug Court credit for Mobile Food Pantry or other volunteer program hours.

Your First Travis County Drug Court Volunteer Shift

On your first day volunteering at the Food Bank:

• Bring your CSR Placement Agreement form (also called an Assignment Sheet) provided by your Probation Officer. This form states your offense, Cause Number, and that you have been assigned to complete hours with the Central Texas Food Bank.
• Bring a government-issued photo ID

Tell the Volunteer Engagement staff member at the check-in desk that you are here for your first day of Travis County Drug Court volunteer service. We will verify that you are eligible to volunteer and ensure your account is correctly configured so that your hours are reported to Travis County Drug Court. If you do not verify your registration, your volunteer hours may not be reported to TCAP.

Verifying Hours

Hours completed in our Warehouse, Kitchen, and Garden are tracked in your volunteer account. We report these hours on a weekly basis to Travis County Drug Court, so there will be a delay from when you complete the hours to when your Probation Officer sees them.

You will not receive credit for Mobile Pantry hours.

Leaving Early?

The Food Bank does not award partial credit if you leave a shift before being dismissed by staff. Be sure to only sign up for shifts that you can attend from start to finish.

Click here for Community Service for School, Service Organizations, and other non-court programs information

You may complete community service hours by volunteering in our Warehouse, Kitchen, or Garden, or by volunteering at a Mobile Food Pantry. All volunteers (including children and guardians) self-register for shifts online.

If you are under 18 years of age, you must be accompanied by a parent or by a guardian age 21+.

Click here to register and sign up for an available shift for Community Service for School, Service Organizations, and other non-court programs.

Verifying Hours

When you volunteer for community service, please bring your own log sheet to track your hours. The Food Bank will not provide one.

Leaving Early?

The Food Bank does not award partial credit if you leave a shift before being dismissed by staff. Be sure to only sign up for shifts that you can attend from start to finish.