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Mobile Market - Ironbound

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ORGANIZATION: Table to Table

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The Mobile Market

Every Thursday, April Through November, the Ironbound Community Corporation gets an extra special delivery. A Table to Table truck pulls up and delivers pallet after pallet of beautiful produce. Join us starting April 14th in the Ironbound section of Newark and help us pack up the food for so many needy families. Dress comfortably and for the weather, since we are outside. You will help break down the pallets of produce (bring your muscles!) and then move into an assembly line where bag after bag will pass by you as you fill them with whatever your assigned produce is. Some Thursdays we are packing 500 to 600 bags! We also will be working with cooking demonstrators, doin food tastings and working on education with the SNAP Program.

The Mobile Market happens rain or shine! Please contact us with any questions!!

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About Table to Table

Location:

611 Route 46 West, Suite 240, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604, US

Mission Statement

Table to Table is a community-based food rescue program that collects perishable food that would otherwise be wasted and delivers it to organizations that serve the hungry in Bergen, Essex, Hudson and Passaic counties. We "rescue" food from about 150 donors (supermarkets, food distributors, restaurants and commercial kitchens) and deliver it the same day free of charge to over 250 community organizations including food pantries, shelters, day care/after school programs, senior adult centers, and programs serving the working poor. Nearly 2 million people in New Jersey are hungry, including 1 in 5 children. Every day, more families are lining up at food pantries and soup kitchens waiting for our deliveries and each week brings calls from additional agencies asking for our fresh, healthy food. To all of them, this year, we have promised the delivery of more than 39 million meals. But to achieve this goal - we need your support.

Description

Every day Table to Table picks up fresh, wholesome food that otherwise would have been discarded and delivers it safely to soup kitchens, homeless shelters, and places that serve meals to the hungry.

Every day almost every other bite of our food is tragically wasted, but by rescuing the excess we can fight the battle of hunger in our local communities. Food Rescue turns tons of food into countless meals for hungry children and families while at the same time helps to preserve our environment.

Our focus is to provide fresh, healthy food: produce, whole grains and lean protein. We work with a number of local grocery stores (including ShopRite, Whole Foods, Trader Joes and ACME) as well as produce wholesalers and distributors. The food we rescue is delivered to recipient agencies and often served to our hungry neighbors within hours of being rescued!

CAUSE AREAS

Advocacy & Human Rights
Environment
Hunger
Advocacy & Human Rights, Environment, Hunger

WHEN

Thu Apr 14, 2016 - Thu Nov 17, 2016
10:00 AM - 03:00 PM

WHERE

Ironbound Community Corporation29-31 Cortland StreetNewark, NJ 07105

(40.723125,-74.14161)
 

SKILLS

  • Multi-Tasking
  • Food Delivery / Distribution
  • Community Outreach

GOOD FOR

  • Teens
  • People 55+
  • Group

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 12
  • 10am to 3pm

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