Volunteer: Food Rescue Volunteer (Age 18 +)
ABOUT TC FOOD JUSTICE
TC Food Justice is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Minneapolis. Since March 2016, we have been working with co-ops, grocery stores, and farmers markets to re-distribute their unsalable foods to local hunger relief organizations. We focus on vegetables, fruits, and nutrient rich breads because hunger relief organizations often find it challenging to consistently provide fresh food options for their clients. We seek to improve food insecure individuals’ access to fresh, nutritious food.
FOOD RESCUE PROGRAM
The largest and longest-running program at TC Food Justice is our Food Rescue Program. This program is the core of our work. We find donors with excess produce that they wish to donate instead of discard; partner with nearby hunger relief organizations to plan weekly produce drop-offs; and coordinate our volunteers to collect, sort, and deliver the food by bike or by car. We are proud to serve smaller grocers and hunger relief organizations that have been excluded from traditional, larger-scale food rescue programs. We deliver food the same or next day, maximizing its quality and likelihood of being consumed. All our deliveries operate free of cost to donor and recipient organizations. Some food rescues are family friendly.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
We are looking for volunteers to lead new weekly food rescue shifts that have become available. The current open shifts are as follows, but new rescues are usually available often. Please apply on our website at www.tcfoodjustice.org/volunteer.
-Saturday, Weekly: Lakewinds Co-op | Richfield --> Augsburg Campus Kitchen | Augsburg University
Pick-Up: Saturdays at 9:30-10am
Drop-Off: Saturday at 10:30am
Weekly volunteer food rescues take an average of 30 to 90 minutes to complete and can be done using a personal vehicle or a bicycle and TCFJ's bike trailer (certain rescues only). The average weekly food rescue diverts more than 80 pounds of fresh produce or bread from being discarded and diverts it to our community members who need it most. As a TCFJ volunteer, you will be able to track your personal impact on food waste and hunger using our food rescue web application, along with being able to sign up for shifts, schedule absences, and enter food rescue data. Volunteers are trained by TCFJ staff then lead the rescue independently once they feel comfortable. All volunteers who commit to a weekly food rescue are eligible for their free TCFJ t-shirt after their 3rd food rescue.
Fill out our volunteer application at tcfoodjustice.org/volunteer and mention you saw this posting on Hand On Twin Cities. Please let us know which weekly shift of those listed above that you'd like to you lead. There are other opportunities to volunteer including opportunities for groups. Find out more at www.tcfoodjustice.org/volunteer. Nonprofit: Twin Cities Food Justice
ABOUT TC FOOD JUSTICE
TC Food Justice is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Minneapolis. Since March 2016, we have been working with co-ops, grocery stores, and farmers markets to re-distribute their unsalable foods to local hunger relief organizations. We focus on vegetables, fruits, and nutrient rich breads because hunger relief organizations often find it challenging to consistently provide fresh food options for their clients. We seek to improve food insecure individuals’ access to fresh, nutritious food.
FOOD RESCUE PROGRAM
The largest and longest-running program at TC Food Justice is our Food Rescue Program. This program is the core of our work. We find donors with excess produce that they wish to donate instead of discard; partner with nearby hunger relief organizations to plan weekly produce drop-offs; and coordinate our volunteers to collect, sort, and deliver the food by bike or by car. We are proud to serve smaller grocers and hunger relief organizations that have been excluded from traditional, larger-scale food rescue programs. We deliver food the same or next day, maximizing its quality and likelihood of being consumed. All our deliveries operate free of cost to donor and recipient organizations. Some food rescues are family friendly.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
We are looking for volunteers to lead new weekly food rescue shifts that have become available. The current open shifts are as follows, but new rescues are usually available often. Please apply on our website at www.tcfoodjustice.org/volunteer.
-Saturday, Weekly: Lakewinds Co-op | Richfield --> Augsburg Campus Kitchen | Augsburg University
Pick-Up: Saturdays at 9:30-10am
Drop-Off: Saturday at 10:30am
Weekly volunteer food rescues take an average of 30 to 90 minutes to complete and can be done using a personal vehicle or a bicycle and TCFJ's bike trailer (certain rescues only). The average weekly food rescue diverts more than 80 pounds of fresh produce or bread from being discarded and diverts it to our community members who need it most. As a TCFJ volunteer, you will be able to track your personal impact on food waste and hunger using our food rescue web application, along with being able to sign up for shifts, schedule absences, and enter food rescue data. Volunteers are trained by TCFJ staff then lead the rescue independently once they feel comfortable. All volunteers who commit to a weekly food rescue are eligible for their free TCFJ t-shirt after their 3rd food rescue.
Fill out our volunteer application at tcfoodjustice.org/volunteer and mention you saw this posting on Hand On Twin Cities. Please let us know which weekly shift of those listed above that you'd like to you lead. There are other opportunities to volunteer including opportunities for groups. Find out more at www.tcfoodjustice.org/volunteer. Nonprofit: Twin Cities Food Justice
Opportunity Type: Volunteer
Date: Is Ongoing
Zip Code: 55418
Allow Groups: No
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