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Help those who lack access to fresh, affordable, high-quality food in your community, learn more about growing food sustainably, and spend time outside on a farm with The Food Project's Serve & Grow volunteer program!

Each year, The Food Project works with over 140 teens and thousands of volunteers to sustainably farm 70 acres in Boston, Lincoln, Lynn, and Wenham. These farms grow over 200,000 pounds of produce that is donated to hunger relief organizations, sold through community-supported agriculture shares, and sold at farmers markets that accept and match federal nutrition benefits such as SNAP and WIC.

During the spring and the fall, The Food Project relies on volunteers to keep the farms up and running. Volunteers learn about The Food Project and the food system and engage in a variety of farm tasks such as planting, weeding, harvesting, washing vegetables, and cleaning up the land.

Please reach out to volunteer@thefoodproject.org to reserve your spot today!

Visit https://thefoodproject.org/volunteer/groups/ for more information

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Animal House Project operates a companion pet food and at times a rescue pet food pantry. A lot of people depend on us on a monthly basis but as donations seem to be decreasing, the need for a coordinator to work to find new avenues of food procurement is critical to our overall operations. We do have relationships but we need help to nurture the relationships and also to find new avenues to procure food sources. This position is critical for the pantry to continue. The person will handle contacting pet food manufacturers; distribution points; stores and retailers to find out how to get on their donation lists.

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Animal House Project serves families that are facing financial problems but love and want to keep their companion pets at home and that is why our services and programs are so critical to the communities that we serve. The problem is that many that need help just do not know that we exist and can help. We are looking for someone that can reach out to the churches, the human food pantries and organizations in general and let them know what we can do to help their current clients. We have made tremendous strides in reducing the pet populations that are surrendered but we still need to do more but need help.

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Animal House Project could sure use a cracker jack Public Relations Volunteer to help spread the word in the media and online of all of the wonderful accomplishments that we are doing. This position is responsible to get the right message out to the right donors to not only increase awareness about our programs but also to help with fundraising opportunities. Position will handle local, state and social media public relations.

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We need people who would be willing to collect unused food for us on an evening from a variety of shops and deliver to our centre where the food is used to make meals to feed the homeless and those in poverty and also to pass on to families living below the poverty line to feed themselves and their children.

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Invite a United Way guest speaker to join your next town hall, team meeting, lunch and learn, or conference call! You'll all learn how your United Way donations are used, and you'll get inspired to join United Way’s efforts across the region.

There are a variety of speakers bringing different stories, experiences and expertise, including:

AGENCY STAFF: Front-line service providers who share stories and personal experiences.
SERVICE RECIPIENTS: Individuals sharing their stories of the impact that United Way has had on them personally.
COMMUNITY IMPACT STAFF: Subject matter experts in social services, community impact and poverty who share context on the issues that United Way is working to tackle.
COMMUNITY & BUSINESS LEADERS: High-profile business and community leaders who share bring perspectives on the importance of United Way's work, and the impact of giving major and leadership gifts to our community.
ONLINE OPTIONS: Speakers Bureau and campaign videos can be accessed and downloaded from United Way’s website and used as a tool to support workplace campaign events and communication. (See links: https://www.unitedwaygt.org/speakers-bureau AND https://www.unitedwaygt.org/2018-campaign-videos.)

CONSIDERATIONS:

• TIMING: Speakers are volunteers or United Way staff and will be booked based on selected topic, location and speaker’s availability.
• GROUP SIZE: Speakers require a minimum audience size of 20 people.
• LOCATION: There are volunteer speakers available to speak across Peel, Toronto and York Region, with the majority in the downtown core. In some cases, transportation and/or travel support may be requested, depending on the location of the event and/or time of day.
• CAUTION: We cannot guarantee a speaker if requests are sent with less than 10 business days’ notice.

BOOK A SPEAKER:

1. Email speakersbureau@uwgt.org for a Speakers Bureau request form
2. Fill out the form and email it to speakersbureau@uwgt.org (note: a minimum of 10 business days is required)

QUESTIONS?

Contact United Way Greater Toronto’s Donor Engagement team at speakersbureau@uwgt.org or 416.777.1444 x 647.

THANK YOU for supporting United Way's efforts in the community! We look forward to working with you.

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Care about fighting local poverty, giving youth opportunities and building strong communities? If your answer is YES, then put together a team and do a DAY OF CARING®. United Way Greater Toronto’s (UWGT) DAY OF CARING provides community-minded individuals like you the opportunity to team up with your co-workers to complete volunteer projects, contributing to the amazing work happening across the region—vital work that is strengthening communities and changing people’s lives.

DAY OF CARING projects focus on moving people from poverty to possibility, helping kids and youth be successful and building strong neighbourhoods across Peel, Toronto and York Region.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES MAY INCLUDE:

• Serving meals to isolated seniors or the homeless
• Reading to preschoolers
• Cleaning and tidying up a shelter or food-storage area
• Helping to maintain a youth facility or community garden
• Organizing a collection of items (e.g., hygiene products, school supplies)

CONSIDERATIONS:

• TIMING: Projects are available year-round and can be done in half-day sessions (9:00am - 12:00pm or 1:00pm - 4:00pm) or full-day sessions (9:00am - 4:00pm).
• GROUP SIZE: Average group size is 5-7 volunteers; however, there are some projects available for smaller groups (2-4) or larger groups (10-20).
• LOCATION: The volunteer projects happen mostly outside the office, at agencies in communities (across Peel, Toronto and York Region) where the need is greatest. There are also options for those who cannot leave the office.
• CAUTION: We cannot guarantee a project, if requests are sent with less than 20 business days’ notice. Projects are booked on a first-come, first-served basis.

BOOK A DAY OF CARING®:

1. Email dayofcaring@uwgt.org for a Day of Caring request form
2. Fill out the form and email it to dayofcaring@uwgt.org (note: a minimum of 20 business days is required)

QUESTIONS?

Contact United Way Greater Toronto’s Donor Engagement team at dayofcaring@uwgt.org or 416.777.1444 x 647.

THANK YOU for helping to support United Way's efforts in the community! We look forward to working with you.

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Join us on Thursday's in Novato to pass out food, set up, and enjoy yourselves while helping the less fortunate in our community.

Free, nutritious food; health education; cooking demonstrations; screenings for diabetes and hypertension; and various community resources.

It all comes together at Marin Community Clinics’ weekly Health Hubs, held at our San Rafael and Novato clinics.

Despite its overall high income level, Marin County continues to have great economic disparities. Some can’t afford to put healthy food on the table, and others don’t have easy access to important health information, let alone screening for common chronic diseases.

Building health and communities
The goal of the Health Hubs is to serve families, seniors, and the working poor who often have to choose between buying healthy food, purchasing gas to travel to work, or paying for needed medical care.

Our Health Hubs are unique
The program is multi-lingual and multi-cultural, providing relevant resources while creating opportunities to promote healthy lifetime choices.

Partnership among participants - SFMarin Food Bank, ExtraFood.org, Marin Community Clinics, and many other community-based organizations.

Rain or Shine - We have a drive-through line for the food bank, which is great when the weather is bad.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Hub Helper	20	n/a	n/a

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Pack and distribute ~180 food packages to the community

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Nov 15, Wed - Food Distribution Program	5	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Pack and distribute ~180 food packages to the community

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Nov 8, Wed - Food Distribution Program	5	n/a	n/a