Blessings of Hope: 185% increase in volunteers to deliver 60,000 meals each day

Introduction

Blessings of Hope serves over 60,000 high quality meals each day to help fight hunger within their community.

Powered by their staff and a large team of volunteers, Blessings of Hope repackage foods into manageable sizes and organize it for regional ministries, churches, disaster relief organizations and food banks to distribute efficiently to ensure that no one is left hungry. 

With over 40,000 registered volunteers and close to 1,000 volunteers per week, Blessings for Hope was looking for a solution that would streamline their comprehensive scheduling requirements for their large contingent of workforce.

The Challenge

Blessings of Hope volunteers fulfil a variety of roles from stocking shelves and packaging family boxes to forklift operators, truck drivers and fundraisers at events. Despite their significant volunteer requirements, Blessings of Hope currently have a four-month waitlist to volunteer with their organization, which is an incredible reflection of their mission to eliminate world hunger.

The Solution

With Blessings of Hope preparing to open new locations, Rosterfy provided the flexibility to scale sustainably and manage larger volunteer cohorts seamlessly. They also utilized Rosterfy’s unique features to help them accommodate the diverse needs of their volunteer base which includes retirees, individuals from Amish and Mennonite communities, and families with children who wish to volunteer with unique automated onboarding for each group.

Since implementing Rosterfy in 2023, they’ve transformed their volunteer program by automating engagement touch points, expanding corporate volunteer partnerships, and drastically reducing administrative workload, empowering their team to focus on impact, not logistics. 

In just one year, Blessings of Hope has grown from managing 7,000 annual volunteers to over 40,000 today.

Impact Statement

• Focus on mission work instead of admin
• Scale across twice as many locations

By digitizing volunteer onboarding and scheduling, Blessings of Hope has reduced administrative workload by over 3,000 hours annually—equivalent to tens of thousands of dollars in staff time—while scaling its volunteer base to nearly 50,000 and expanding operations across multiple locations.

Beyond the dollars and the hours – it’s the community that benefits – they are able to ship 60,000 meals out of their facilities and into the homes of people who need it the most every day – their program is the very definition of a life changing program – powered by Rosterfy.