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Believe in Healthy Foods? Help Distribute Produce to Seniors!
ORGANIZATION: GEDCO
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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5 people are interested
GEDCO’s Mission: In partnership with faith-based and community organizations, GEDCO provides affordable housing, supportive services, and emergency assistance to community residents.
Summary: Once a month, older adults living at Stadium Place (where GEDCO serves as the master developer and provides supportive services) receive a Produce Drop from the Maryland Food Bank. We are in need of assistants to help to distribute the food to the different buildings on the Stadium Place campus. This would be a labor intensive volunteer position.
Qualifications:
-Availability from 10:00am to 1:00pm on Jul 23, Aug 27, Sept 24, Oct 29, Nov 11, and Dec 17 (2014)
-Ability to lift and/or transport heavy boxes and/or crates of fresh produce
-Cheerful and friendly disposition
-Ability to follow and remember directions and instructions
Duties & Responsibilities:
-Assist senior residents and GEDCO staff members with the distribution of fresh produce to Ednor I, Ednor II, Venable II, and Weinberg Court Apartments.
Orientation & Training: Orientation and training would take place on-site, on the job.
Benefits: As a GEDCO volunteer you would be making a tangible and positive difference in the lives of people in the Govans community and working with a passionate and dedicated team.
Location: Produce drops take place outside, next to the Venable Apartments II (1030 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD 21218).
Contact Information: Meghan Peterson, External Relations Coordinator,
mpeterson@gedco.org, 410-433-2442 ext. 19
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About GEDCO
Location:
1010 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, US
Mission Statement
In partnership with faith communities, Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation (GEDCO) provides affordable housing with supportive services and assists in meeting emergency needs of community residents.
Description
Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation, in partnership with faith communities, provides affordable housing with supportive services and assists in meeting emergency needs of community residents. This includes housing adults with mental disabilities in the Ascension Homes, nurturing women and men who were homeless at Harford House, Micah House and Shelter Plus Care, and stabilizing neighborhoods through single-family homeownership with GEDCO Homes.
We enable seniors to age with dignity at Epiphany House, the Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Senior Housing at the Gallagher Mansion and Stadium Place, and offer educational, wellness, social, nutritional, and recreational opportunities for seniors at theHarford Senior Center and Senior Network of North Baltimore.
Most of the 550+ residents living in our programs have incomes less than 30% of the median income in the Baltimore metropolitan area, and all fall under 60% of this mark. GEDCO currently is the only non-profit developer of affordable, large-scale housing projects with supportive services in north Baltimore City.
In addition to our housing programs, GEDCO operates CARES (Civic and Religious Emergency Services), a food pantry and emergency financial assistance center located in the back of St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church. CARES responds to more than 5000 visits annually from community members seeking food, advocacy, and emergency financial assistance for utility bills, eviction prevention and prescriptions. Furthermore, CARES Career Connection expands self-sufficiency opportunities for these individuals and families by focusing on employment options. We address barriers to full employment and provide one-on-one volunteer mentoring that assists program participants in obtaining and maintaining jobs.
After a decade of cooperative efforts by seven pastors in the Govans community, GEDCO (Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation) was incorporated in 1991 as a private, non-profit organization with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. These pastors experienced first hand the growing need for affordable housing with supportive services and emergency food and financial assistance among members of their churches and of the broader community.
They created an independent, non-profit corporation in order to broaden the base of community involvement and expedite the development of new projects. GEDCO now has 53 institutional "Member Organizations" including churches, community groups, schools, neighborhood associations, and service organizations throughout northBaltimore. These organizations, no matter their location, can refer their members for GEDCO services.
GEDCO is committed to a just society that respects the dignity and worth of all people, values diversity, upholds community, encourages each person's contributions, and fosters growth toward personal independence.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1030 East 33rd St.Baltimore, MD 21218
DATE POSTED
November 16, 2014
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
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