Our History & Future
About the Volunteer Way
The Volunteer Way Inc. is a 501(c)(3), faith-based non-profit organization that is dedicated to helping those in need—children, seniors, and adults caught in poverty, the hungry, the homeless, low-income individuals, and their families.
For over 30 years, we have been committed to assisting the needy in our community.
People Helping People
Lester Cypher founded The Volunteer Way in March of 1992 when one family asked for help with food. Today The Volunteer Way is assisting an average of 25,000 families in Pasco, Hernando, and the surrounding counties each month with healthy, nutritious food to supplement their food budget.
We Never Turn Away Anyone in Need!
The Volunteer Way helps financially insecure individuals meet their basic needs by providing food, personal items, resources, hope, and the opportunity for them to improve their lives.
We distribute millions of pounds of food every year, free of charge, to food pantries, soup kitchens, residential programs, seniors, homeless people, families, and other charitable organizations. We are committed to helping as many homeless and low-income people as possible. We believe that children, the elderly, and the poverty-stricken should never go to bed hungry.