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Help Provide Food & Hope to Central Florida Families in Need!
ORGANIZATION: United Against Poverty
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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140 people are interested
Join other volunteers in the Central Florida area who are giving back every day. We serve 500 families a day by giving them a Hand Up, not a handout. To run such a large operation requires dozens of volunteers every single day. YOU can be a part of changing lives!
Daily Volunteer Opportunities:
- Member Share Grocery Program Retail Organizers Sanitize/Organize/Stock 14 shelving sections and move 10 pallets worth of product every day
- Member Marketplace Assistants help sort and organize daily donations
- Welcome Desk Receptionists greet clients and sign-up new members
- Emergency Food Pantry Organizers organize emergency a minimum of 20 food bags and keep the pantry shelves fully stocked every day!
- Teachers provide informative life/jobs skills in budgeting/finance, personal motivaion and empowerment, resume writing, computer literacy and more!
- Life Enrichment Center Intake Coordinators greet clients and assist them with initial paperwork
- Life Enrichment Center Computer Lab Assistants train clients on how to use computers to apply/update for Food Stamps, search for jobs, and more!
Volunteers under 16 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Volnteers must be 12-years-old to participate in the volunteer program.
If you are interested, please fill out a volunteer application and sign up for an orientation! We are looking forward to seeing you here at CFOC!
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About United Against Poverty
Location:
150 West Michigan St., Orlando, FL 32806, US
Mission Statement
To help those in need to transform their lives by providing food, crisis care, opportunities for education and employment, and a hand up to families , individuals and children who are fighting to break the cycle of poverty
Description
United Against Poverty is the only national organization to provide families with both emergency food supplies and the opportunity to obtain highly subsidized groceries, including hygiene products, six days a week. We provide a comprehensive approach to fight and reduce long-term, poverty related hunger. Additionally, our Passport Out of Poverty model is a holistic, multi-pronged approach that breaks the cycle of poverty through:
- Offering immediate hunger relief
- Stabilizing crisis situations
- Multiplying client purchasing power for food & hygiene items
- Restoring dignity, self-respect, and a sense of personal responsibility
- Establishing self sufficiency
Our organization is not affiliated with any religion or faith-based organization. However, those who work here do feel called to this type of mission-based vocation and our founders have embraced a long-term commitment to help families break the cycle of poverty. The United Against Poverty model is unique in that it requires clients to make a contribution of some sort such as attending classes, participating in programs, contributing a percentage of the cost of food or volunteering. We provide ongoing support and establish ongoing relationships with clients. It is the guiding principle of our leadership that people living in poverty do not need empty handouts, but a program that offers a comprehensive hand-up towards a new future.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
150 West Michigan St.Orlando, FL 32806
DATE POSTED
January 25, 2018
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 12
- Orientation or Training
- 3 hours minimum
- Children under age 16 must have a guardian present