Originally Posted by 1frugalmom
... At our local food pantry people can sign up to volunteer to hand out food on certain days - I could see a little one enjoying gathering up the food and boxing it up to hand out.
Yes, for a kiddo interested in feeding others a food pantry activity sounds great. One caveat... you may wish to check ahead on volunteer policies... some do not allow kids under a certain age even when parents are present. Better to find out ahead of time (and adjust plans to possibly shopping and dropping off if need be) than to show up and risk kiddo feeling shunned if she is unable to stay due to her young age.