- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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24 people are interested
Sandy Springs Volunteer Food Rescue Driver
ORGANIZATION: Second Helpings Atlanta
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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24 people are interested
Volunteer drivers are needed to pick up donated food from a Food Donor in Sandy Springs in their personal vehicle, transport it and deliver it a nearby Partner Agency. Our Volunteer Drivers are matched with routes near them. The routes generally take 90 minutes or less from beginning to end.
Did you know?
- 40% of all food that’s produced in the U.S. every year is not consumed and is valued at $165 billion
- Nearly 1 in 5 Georgians live in a food insecure environment
With just 90 minutes of your time, you can:
- Make a meaningful difference in your community
- Help enable our partner agencies to provide nutritious food to their clients
- reduces food waste and minimize the environmental impact waste.
Our volunteers rescue food from our network of 80+ Food Donors and deliver food to 45+ of our Partner Agencies. They use their vehicle to pick up nutritious and perishable food that has been donated and drop it off to one of our agencies that needs it. Our operations runs typically in the morning hours and 7 days a week - there is plenty of opportunity to work around your busy schedule.
Come join our team! Sign up to become a volunteer by visiting our website.
www.secondhelpingsatlanta.org
More opportunities with Second Helpings Atlanta
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About Second Helpings Atlanta
Location:
970 Jefferson Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30318, US
Mission Statement
Our Mission Second Helpings Atlanta is a nonprofit food rescue organization whose mission is to reduce hunger and food waste in the Metro Atlanta area by rescuing healthy, nutritious, surplus food and distributing it to those in need. With a community of over 300 volunteers, SHA serves as the link between our network of food donors and partner agencies who feed the hungry on a daily basis. The food we rescue every day gets diverted from landfills and is used to feed those in need, making Atlanta a more environmentally responsible metropolitan area. Join in on the mission at: https://secondhelpingsatlanta.org/volunteer/
Description
Second Helpings Atlanta began as a social action project in 2004 at Temple Sinai Atlanta, organized and operated solely by congregants. The vision was to create a vibrant community of food rescuers - neighbors helping neighbors - that would expand in scope and impact over time. Second Helpings grew steadily and ultimately became too large for the confines of a congregational project. In 2012, we became an independent nonprofit and Second Helpings was incorporated as Second Helpings Atlanta, Inc. (SHA), and received our 501(c)(3) status in March 2011.
The resulting momentum has been historic. Since 2004, Second Helpings Atlanta has rescued over 16 million pounds of food; along the way incorporating several new programs into our operations and consistently rescuing over 300,000 pounds of food every month.
In 2021, SHA diverted over 3.6 million pounds of surplus food from landfills, enough to provide over 3 million nutritious meals to those in need. In addition, we provided 400,000 prepared meals to our partner agencies through our Full Plate Project. 168,000 of those meals were meal kits packed through the Meals with Meaning program, our newest partnership with HelloFresh.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Roswell RoadAtlanta, GA 30328
DATE POSTED
March 4, 2019
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 90 minutes once a month