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Distribute Food at Salish Landing
ORGANIZATION: FareStart
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Impact
With the help of farm and community partners and our volunteers we collect and purchase fresh food and staples and then redistribute them to communities with limited access to healthy and nutritious food. FareStart strategically resources food in a variety of ways to minimize the cost to our customers.
Our Mobile Community Market successfully reaches many underserved and low-income communities, with customers returning week after week to collect fresh produce that they would not otherwise have access to. With the help of our farm and community partners and our volunteers we collect and purchase fresh food and staples and then redistribute them to
communities with limited access to healthy and nutritious food.
Our Mobile Community Market served over 7,000 households in 2023
Tasks
- Support market staff
- Help set-up market
- Welcome and engage with customers
- Keep product stocked and available
- Assist customers with market selections
- Collect voucher survey data
- Help clean up and break down market
Qualifications
- Be able to lift up to 35 pounds repeatedly.
- Be able to stand and walk for up to 2 hours.
- Excellent communication skills, comfortable talking with people
- Bilingual helpful but not necessary in the following languages: Spanish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Cambodian, & French Creole
- Adhere to FareStart's volunteer expectations
- Must be 16yrs + of age
Health & Safety Considerations:
- Do not volunteer if sick
- FareStart is a mask-friendly environment
2 Shifts
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- Wed Dec 18, 2024 - 02:15 PM to 04:15 PM PST - Spots available: 2
- Wed Nov 20, 2024 - 02:15 PM to 04:15 PM PST - Spots available: 2
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About FareStart
Location:
700 Virginia St, Seattle, WA 98101, US
Mission Statement
FareStart transforms lives, disrupts poverty and nourishes communities through food, life skills and job training. FareStart is a non-profit, 501-C3 organization.
Description
WHO WE ARE
FareStart has been helping people transform their lives through food for 30 years - one person, one job and one community at a time.
People experiencing poverty struggle to escape the cycle they are in and often face other compounding barriers to getting and keeping a job. At FareStart, we help people overcome barriers by teaching work and life skills needed to succeed in employment and in life. By investing in people, providing meals and building community, we transform homelessness, hunger and poverty into human potential.
CAUSE AREAS
Community,
Hunger
WHEN
Wed Nov 20, 2024 - Wed Dec 25, 2024
02:15 PM - 04:15 PM
This opportunity has 2 shifts
WHERE
Salish Landing6955 Delridge Wy SWSeattle, WA 98106
DATE POSTED
November 14, 2024
SKILLS
- Food Delivery / Distribution
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 16
- 2 hours