BECOME A MEMBER PARTNER
If you are interested in becoming a food distribution partner of Roadrunner Food Bank, please complete this online questionnaire.
Our staff will review your submission and get back in touch with you.
Note: please read the Seeking Partnership section at the bottom of this webpage to better understand our current focus areas in building new partnerships.
If you are interested in becoming a Roadrunner® Food Bank affiliated hunger relief member partner, there is a formal application and vetting process. Our member network is made up of hundreds of food distribution sites throughout New Mexico. These locations are based in communities around the state providing food to people struggling with hunger. These organizations vary, but typically include:
- Food pantries
- Mobile food pantry sites
- Soup kitchens
- Group homes
- Shelters
- Senior sites
- Schools
- Healthcare clinics
Starting the Process to Become a Member Partner
To start the process, please complete this questionnaire regarding your needs and intentions. Once the form is submitted, our staff will review it and get back to you within a few weeks. Please note, this is not the official application or agreement of partnership. It simply helps us understand your current food assistance program or your intentions to start one. Each site also adheres to food safety guidelines, monitoring, reporting, and numerous other activities to serve New Mexicans experiencing hunger.
Getting Help for Your Constituents
In the meantime, if you need to direct your constituents to food assistance, below is a list that provides information about our distribution sites. These are sites who receive regular deliveries of food from the food bank and feed the hungry year-round.
- Get Help in Your Area – This online Food Finder tool helps individuals locate food distribution sites in their zip code near them.
- We Help People Apply for Public Benefits – We can help families apply for benefits like SNAP (food stamps). A team of staff and volunteers are trained to help people apply for SNAP, LIHEAP and other benefits based on their income.
- Food Assistance Line – Call during business hours to receive a list of sites we supply food to in your zip code. Dial 505.349.5340.
If you need more information, please scroll a little more to connect with us or get in touch by visiting our contact us page.
Seeking Partnerships in these Areas
Roadrunner Food Bank is intentional in partnerships and programming. In order to serve neighbors who are typically underrepresented or underserved, organizations from the locale or priority population listed below will be considered for partnership.
- Geography
- Bernalillo County (South Valley and International District)
- Cibola County
- Curry County
- DeBaca County
- Guadalupe County
- Lea County
- McKinley County
- Otero County
- Quay County
- Roosevelt County
- San Juan County
- Sandoval County
- Population
- Organizations and schools throughout the state serving rural and indigenous communities.
Partnership Requests: After you submit the online questionnaire.
Your request to partner with Roadrunner Food Bank is important! We are eager to learn about your organization and your interest in serving your immediate community with food assistance services.
While we review your request, we take into account the communities seeing the most need using census data and a food insecurity index. We rank these by mild, moderate, and severe need based on the information included on the form you submit to us. We also prioritize potential partners serving more than 50 households per month, are not near another partner distribution site, and who are willing to serve more often than once a month.
In addition, any requests submitted in October, November, and December will be considered early in the new calendar year. We accept school applications in August, September, and October of each year for interested new school partners. Schools that are interested in offering 12 months of food distributions can submit applications from January-September.
In the meantime, if you need to direct people to food help in or near your community, use our Food Finder tool at www.rrfb.org/find-food and enter a zip code in the white box just above the map (or select “use my location”). If you live in a rural community, expand the search radius to include locations that may be 30 or more miles away. A list of locations near you will be displayed with information about distribution days of the week, times, and other services provided. Be sure to call each location before visiting.