DIY Bagged Lunches for Hospital Patients & Families (2025)

The Doorways provides lodging and support to thousands of families every year who need to be close to life-saving medical care in Richmond. With 117 rooms, we are one of the largest hospitality houses in the country and proudly operate entirely on donations. We are looking for volunteers who are willing to help us provide some small comforts of home to our guests so they have everything they need to feel supported in their recovery process. We can't do it without you!
Position Description: Volunteers can provide bagged lunches for our guests! This helps us ensure guests always have access to healthy and quickly prepared foods while staying with us. These lunches are stocked as needed in our open pantry and made available to all guests. Bagged lunches help us supplement served meals so no guest is ever without a meal at The Doorways.
Bagged Lunch Details: Volunteers are responsible for all the items in the bagged lunches. More details are below!
Lunches can include (but are not limited to) - Microwaveable meals (Easy Mac, ramen, soup, etc.), drinks, fruit cups, granola bars, chips, cookies, gum
The food must be individually packaged within the bagged lunches and they cannot contain anything homemade
All lunches should be the same or should be clearly labeled
Our guests are mainly adults, please keep that in mind when purchasing items
Lunches can be placed in brown paper bags or plastic ziploc bags
Groups are welcome to write notes or draw pictures to be included in or on the bags
We can accept anywhere between 30-50 lunches at one time, if you would like to make more please call first.
If your bagged lunches need to be refrigerated, please call first.
They can be tailored to holidays, specific needs or anything your group might like! We do however ask that bags remain re