Help outdoor food distribution in Albany Park, North side, Flexible shift time

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In response to COVID-19 needs, our friends at the American Indian Center are distributing pre-packed boxes of fresh vegetables and fruits to families in Albany Park, a very diverse community of immigrant and refugee families. This is a weekly event taking place every Friday at 11 am. You can just show up, no need to sign up or wait for email response. Volunteers are needed to help move boxes up to 24 pounds to pass out to the community. We will also setup some pop up tents and traffic control signs to make the drive thru distribution line run smooth. We give out 500 to 1000 boxes in a 4 hour period. This is a very well organized and friendly outdoor service event. We emphasize efficiency with smart distribution tactics to minimize our physical labor.

Setup time: Every Friday at 11 am
Distribution time: 12 noon to 3:30 pm
Breakdown and cleanup time: 3:30 pm to 4 pm
Shift time is flexible. So it is OK if you cannot come at the start time or have to leave early. Anytime you give will be much appreciated

Location: 3401 W. Ainslie Street, Chicago IL 60625
Google Map link: https://goo.gl/maps/coKGEaixjwtMZV5f8

Check in with Wilson or Heather to let them know you are there to volunteer.

Event is near CTA Brown line Kimball station, as well as CTA bus routes.
Free street parking on local side streets.

All members of the community (native and non native) are welcome! The American Indian Center of Chicago is the oldest Indian Cultural Center in the country outside of any reservation land. For more information, please visit www.aicchicago.org

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This is a COVID-!9 response to help the community. All safety protocols provided by CDC guidelines must be followed to ensure everybody's safety. Only sign up if you can answer NO to all the following questions:

1. Have you experienced any flu or cold like symptoms in the last 14 days?
2. Have you traveled to any high risk states on Chicago's quarantine list in the last 2 weeks? https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/sites/covid-19/home/emergency-travel-order.html
3. Have you been in contact with anybody that is tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 14 days or exhibit COVID-19 symptoms?
4. Have you been tested positive COVID-19, suspect or know you have the virus in the last 30 days?
5. Do you have a fever over 100 degrees now?
6. Do you have a dry cough now?
7. Do you have any other reasons to think you are sick or may be infected with COVID-19?

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If you answer yes to any of the questions, I respectfully ask you to stay home and attend to your own care and follow CDC's guidelines for self quarantine and speak to a doctor to see if you need to get tested. Your health and safety is the highest priority.

If you answer no to all the questions above, then we would love to have your help, as hundreds of family are in need of food in the neighborhood.

All CDC COVID-19 safety guidelines will be followed to ensure the safety of all volunteers and clients. Masks and gloves will be issued to all volunteers, and social distancing will be practiced. Food, water, snacks, restrooms and breaks will be available to all volunteers.

About the community you will be serving: (From Wikipedia)
Albany Park is one of 77 well-defined community areas of Chicago. Located on the Northwest Side of the City of Chicago with the North Branch of the Chicago River forming its east and north boundaries, it includes the ethnically diverse Albany Park neighborhood, with one of the highest percentages of foreign-born residents of any Chicago neighborhood.

Although the majority of those foreign-born residents are from Latin America, mostly from Mexico (especially from the state of Michoacán), Guatemala, and Ecuador, substantial numbers are from the Philippines, India, Korea, Cambodia, Somalia, the former Yugoslavia (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia), Romania, Pakistan and the Middle East (especially Iraq, Iran, and Lebanon). Over 40 different languages are spoken in its public schools.

Due to the diverse population and immigrant population attraction, the population of the neighborhood increased by 16.5% during the 1990s. It is part of the 60625 ZIP code, which is known as one of the most diverse areas in the entire country.