Are you passionate about building a stronger, healthier community? Join our team as a Coalition Assistant and help us rescue food and redistribute it to those in need.
Role Overview: As a Coalition Assistant, you'll play a vital role in ensuring the smooth operation of our food rescue and distribution efforts. You'll assist with sorting rescued food, performing quality control, and helping our member agencies when they arrive to pick up their food donations. You'll be a part of a dedicated team working to create food prosperity across London.
Time Commitment:
- Shifts: 9:30 am to Noon, and Noon to 2:30 pm.
- You can choose to work one or both shifts. Join with a friend and we will assist in placing you together as a team.
- We operate Monday to Friday, and we prefer to have two volunteers per shift.
- Volunteers are asked to attend at least one shift every two weeks and sign up in advance to ensure that all shifts are covered.
Location
- The Food Hub is located at Glen Cairn Community Resource Centre at 244 Adelaide Street South
- We are serviced by the London Transit Commission via route 16 SB at stop 86 (from Pond Mills) and 16 NB (from Masonville Mall) at stop 50.
- Free parking is available on-site.
What’s in It for You? Volunteering with the London Food Coalition offers several personal and professional benefits:
- Skill Development: Gain hands-on experience in logistics, quality control, and team coordination, while enhancing your problem-solving and organizational abilities.
- Community Connection: Build relationships with other volunteers, community organizations, and local partners, fostering a sense of belonging and teamwork.
- Meaningful Impact: Know that your efforts directly contribute to reducing food waste and helping people across London access healthy, nutritious meals.
- Flexible Commitment: Choose shifts that fit your schedule and make a tangible difference in just a few hours a week.
- Well-being Boost: Volunteering has been shown to increase happiness and decrease stress, all while giving back to the community.
How You’ll Help Us: Your role as a Coalition Assistant is critical to the success of our mission:
- Food Rescue: By supporting the collection and sorting of food donations, you'll help us rescue an average of 10,000 pounds of food weekly, preventing it from going to waste.
- Impact on the Community: The sorted food is redistributed to our 24 member organizations, which include shelters, meal programs, and agencies serving vulnerable populations across London.
- Sustainability: Your work directly contributes to creating food prosperity, supporting sustainable, healthy meals for children, adults, and seniors, while reducing our environmental footprint by diverting food from landfills.
Why Volunteer?
- Help us rescue food that would otherwise go to waste and distribute it to 24 member organizations.
- Be a part of a dynamic team making a real impact in our community.
- Support local shelters, meal programs, and initiatives that provide sustainable, healthy meals for children, adults, and seniors.
Join Us! If you’re ready to make a difference and be part of our mission, we’d love to hear from you. Sign up for your shift today and help us create food prosperity for everyone in London!
For more information or to apply to volunteer, visit https://www.londonfoodcoalition.com/volunteer