Make A Difference By Volunteering

Are you ready to sprinkle a little love in your community and help Cake4Kids build the self-esteem of underserved youth?

We have volunteer opportunities across the country, from baking and delivering to community and technical roles to group volunteer sessions — check if we’re in your area: Chapter Locations.

Volunteer to Bake and Deliver

Whip up delicious custom, homemade cakes, cupcakes, or cookies in your kitchen for a youth’s birthday, graduation, adoption, and more. Join us in delivering smiles, joy, and hope!

Volunteer Your Time And Talents

We couldn't run this growing organization without the help of volunteers like you, who give their time to help with systems development, event planning, agency partner recruiting, and more.

Volunteer as a Group

Host a bake sale with your community group, craft birthday cards, or gather some friends to post Cake4Kids flyers in your area. There are so many options to help!

Volunteer to Bake and Deliver

We have volunteer opportunities across the country — check if we’re in your area: Chapters

How It Works:

  1. Register to become a volunteer baker

  2. Attend a one-time online volunteer orientation

  3. Sign up to bake and deliver, choosing from our list of youths’ requests

Have fun and go at your own pace! Whether you want to bake once a year or once a month, you choose the cake requests that you are comfortable baking and decorating and that work with your schedule.

Volunteer Requirements:

  • Must be 18 or older to volunteer independently

  • Must be 16 or older to volunteer with an adult who is 18 or over as a parent-teen team

    • If you are 16 or 17 years old, have your parent or guardian complete the volunteer form. Your parent/guardian will be the primary responsible volunteer and the contact person for all Cake4Kids communications

    • Both you and your parent/guardian must attend new volunteer orientation

  • Attend a one-time online volunteer orientation session and pass a short orientation quiz

  • Be a good baker with reasonable decorating skills -- but you don’t need to be a professional by any means! Visit the Cake4Kids Photo Gallery for examples of cakes and treats our volunteers have made

  • Be able to bake and deliver the cake to Cake4Kids partner agencies during regular business hours, Monday–Friday

  • Follow the CDC, FDA, and USDA’s food safety guidance from FoodSafety.org: 4 Steps to Food Safety

Volunteer Your Time and Talents

We have ongoing volunteer opportunities in our local chapters and at the national level, for members of the community to help in impactful ways beyond baking.

Cake4Kids national organization: Are you a seasoned Salesforce developer or a fundraising expert and have extra time to help Cake4Kids? Let us know! Contact us at info@cake4kids.org

Cake4Kids chapter help: Do you have experience with volunteer recruiting, planning events, or building partnerships? Let us know! Contact your local chapter Ambassador to find out how you can help.

  • Must be 18 or older

Volunteer As a Group

We love getting the community involved in our organization! Whether you are part of a corporate team, church group, student group, or a bunch of friends looking to give back, we look forward to finding a volunteer project that works for you.

Cake4Kids was created to provide personalized, custom sweets tailored to individual youth. At this time we are not able to host group baking opportunities.

How will you choose to sprinkle some love in your community?

  • Bake at home or as a team, then sell your sweet treats at the office or in the community and help raise funds for Cake4Kids. It’s a great way to get creative, bake, and spread a little joy with homemade sweet treats.

    Cake4Kids will:

    • Provide promotional templates for you to use

    • Provide a sample supply list

    • Provide QR codes for easy bake sale donations through Venmo, PayPal, and credit cards

    Volunteer Requirements:

    • Must confirm that local laws allow bake sales for nonprofits

    • Must provide all bake sale supplies

    Total volunteer time needed: Flexible! Depends on how many people are in your group, the number of sweets you would like to offer, and how long your bake sale runs.

  • Greeting cards are a luxury item for those we serve. Help make the youths’ birthdays more magical by handcrafting one-of-a-kind blank cards, just like those you buy at the store, for caseworkers, caregivers, or parents to write in and give to their youth with their Cake4Kids sweets.

    Volunteer Requirements:

    • Must be 12 or older to participate

    • Volunteers provide their own craft supplies

    • Mail or deliver completed cards to your local chapter

    Total volunteer time needed: Flexible! Depends on how many cards you would like to make

  • Distribute Cake4Kids posters and flyers to local shops, community centers, and more. It’s the perfect way to get outside with your team, be social, and raise awareness for Cake4Kids.

    Volunteer requirements: None

    Total volunteer time needed: 1 Hour or more

Current Volunteer Bakers — Looking for the Baker Portal? Click Here!