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28 people are interested
Looking for a 6 month committed volunteer opportunity? Look no further than Top Box Foods!!
ORGANIZATION: Top Box Foods
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28 people are interested
Top Box Foods is a non-profit organization with a simple purpose: to offer fresh, healthy, high-quality foods at affordable prices particularly to folks living in Chicago's underserved neighborhoods. We partner with local churches, community organizations, public housing, senior centers, and Chicago Public Schools to offer their constituents healthy food at an average of 40% off the retail price.
Top Box Foods is seeking volunteers to assist with our general operations. In order to provide our services to the community we need passionate volunteers who care about the health and wellness of their community. We focus on advocating for Chicagoland residents who do not have fair or equal access to good, whole food. We strive to provide them this food at affordable prices in locations that are convenient for them. Responsibilities include but are not limited to making phone calls to our customers from our office, helping out with general office assistance needs, and joining us on Delivery Days where we meet face to face with our customers and deliver our fresh food products around the city. We could not do what we do without your help! Volunteer with us if you believe, just like we do, that food is a right, not a privilege, and you want to play a key role in providing healthy food to every resident in Chicago.
We would love to have a time committment, in our office, of one time a week for around 2 hours, if possible!
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About Top Box Foods
Location:
222 W. Merchandise Mart Plaza, Suite 202A, Chicago, IL 60654, US
Mission Statement
Top Box Foods is a community nonprofit with a simple purpose: to build equitable access to fresh, healthy, high-quality foods for all. We partner with local churches, community organizations, public housing, senior centers, and Chicago Public Schools who serve constituents in Chicago's underserved communities to offer healthy food at an average of 40% off the retail price.
Description
We're a community nonprofit that helps create equitable access to quality, healthy groceries for all. We were founded on an innovative model of selling fresh produce and nutritious proteins at prices below traditional retail through a network of community partners from religious centers to housing organizations to healthcare providers. Our partners help their community eat well and save money, and 5% of partner referral sales are donated directly back to that community organization.
In response to the unprecedented rates of food insecurity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, we transformed our model to a no-fee delivery program of nutritious and affordable foods right to the doors of households all over the Chicagoland city and suburbs - one of only three grocery delivery options available to recipients of SNAP. Then, we created our Food Share model to allow us to use our expertise and resources to partner with organizations looking to provide food support for their communities through both home deliveries and community food distributions. Our volunteer-powered contactless home grocery deliveries directly address the widespread societal issues of hunger, malnutrition and related health problems, driven by inadequate access to quality, nutritional food options, otherwise known as food deserts and food swamps. In 2020, we served 91,620 households. The need is still great, and we need your help. Sign up to volunteer with Top Box Foods today!
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WHERE
222 Merchandise Mart PlazaChicago, IL 60654
DATE POSTED
July 23, 2018
SKILLS
- Resource Development / Management
- Sales Process
- Fundraising
- Grant Writing / Research
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