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ORGANIZATION: Iskashitaa Refugee Network

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Join us in reducing food waste and feeding Southern Arizona while building community with refugees! Harvest volunteers meet on Friday mornings to pick excess fruit and vegetables from backyards, farms, greenhouses, botanical gardens, and more. Food is redistributed to refugees served by Iskashitaa, as well as food banks and organizations across Southern Arizona.

If you are signing up a group, please complete this form instead: https://www.iskashitaa.org/group-volunteering

1 Shift

  • Fri Aug 02, 2024 - morning / 07:45 AM to 11:00 AM MST - FULL

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About Iskashitaa Refugee Network

Location:

3736 E. 2nd St, Tucson, AZ 85716, US

Mission Statement

Iskashitaa Refugee Network creates opportunities to integrate UN refugees into the Southern Arizona community while educating the public, strengthening the local food system, reducing local food waste, and increasing food security.

Description

Iskashitaa Refugee Network is an intergenerational network of Tucson volunteers and UN refugees from Asian, African, and Middle Eastern countries, who locate, harvest, and redistribute locally grown fruits and vegetables which would otherwise go to waste. IRN staff/volunteers create opportunities to empower recently arrived refugees by connecting them with a wide variety of resources to interact with the community. While gleaning remains an integral part of our work, we have expanded to offering a wide variety of programs, such as our Refugee Garden Art Program and Food Preservation Workshops. Refugees from the 37 different ethnic groups that IRN has worked with throughout its 21 year history, learn the geography of Tucson, gain valuable life skills, improve their English, develop a US work history and access to healthy foods and food preservation techniques.

CAUSE AREAS

Environment
Hunger
Immigrants & Refugees
Environment, Hunger, Immigrants & Refugees

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.
This opportunity has 1 shift

WHERE

3736 East 2nd StreetTucson, AZ 85716

(32.233624,-110.911804)
 

SKILLS

  • English as a Secondary Language (ESL)
  • Farming
  • Gardening
  • Environmental Science
  • Community Outreach
  • Outdoor Recreation

GOOD FOR

  • Teens
  • People 55+
  • Public Groups

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 14
  • Orientation or Training
  • 3-7 hours per week
  • Volunteer Waiver & Application (found here: https://www.iskashitaa.org/volunteer)

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