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Borderlands' P.O.W.W.O.W. at Imagine Middle School at Desert West
ORGANIZATION: BORDERLANDS PRODUCE RESCUE
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Every Saturday, Borderlands Produce Rescue hosts weekly produce markets, where community members can receive 70 pounds of fresh, surplus produce. A $15 donation supports the mission of Borderlands Produce Rescue.
Produce is delivered to the distribution site early each morning, and volunteers are provided with lists of pre-assigned produce allotments. They sort the produce into boxes for easy pickup by supporters.
For example, if the produce includes 7 pounds of green beans, volunteers will bag them and add them to the boxes. If 15 heirloom tomatoes are allocated, volunteers will count out 15 tomatoes per box. Each location usually offers 5 to 11 types of produce to be included in the pickup boxes for Borderlands supporters.
At the end of the market, volunteers help clean up the location, breaking down boxes, sweeping the parking lot, and returning the site to its original condition. Later in the day, Borderlands Produce Rescue trucks will collect any remaining trash and produce.
6 Shifts
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Sat Nov 23, 2024
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06:00 AM to 10:00 AM MST
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Spots available: 10+
First shift
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Sat Nov 23, 2024
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06:00 AM to 11:00 AM MST
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Spots available: 10+
Full shift
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Sat Dec 28, 2024
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06:00 AM to 10:00 AM MST
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Spots available: 10+
First shift
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Sat Dec 28, 2024
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06:00 AM to 11:00 AM MST
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Spots available: 10+
Full shift
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Sat Jan 25, 2025
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06:00 AM to 10:00 AM MST
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Spots available: 10+
First shift
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Sat Jan 25, 2025
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06:00 AM to 11:00 AM MST
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Spots available: 10+
Full shift
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About BORDERLANDS PRODUCE RESCUE
Location:
270 W. Produce Row, Nogales, AZ 85621, US
Mission Statement
We aim to eliminate food waste by redistributing fresh produce to families in need.
Description
Borderlands Produce Rescue has been in operation since 1994 working with produce distributors along the Nogales, Arizona and Mexico border. Often grocery stores and big-box retailers refuse to buy perfectly healthy produce, which is then routed instead to the landfill. Since the launch of Borderlands, we have worked with hundreds of produce distributors to instead take in all of the fresh fruits and veggies, both protecting our landfills from harmful waste, and ensuring the food is able to get into the hands of the community.
Through our many distribution programs we are able to distribute over 30 million pounds of fresh fruits and veggies every year. Our programs are very limited in traditional funding; we depend on a large contingent of volunteers each week to allow us to host many distribution markets throughout Arizona. With increased demand for help we are in need of volunteers to continue to grow our programs and rescue more produce.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
6800 West McDowell RoadPhoenix, AZ 85035
DATE POSTED
October 23, 2024
SKILLS
- Food Delivery / Distribution
- Ushering
- Nutrition
- Multi-Tasking
- People Skills
- Social Work
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Public Groups
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 13
- If you stay for a full shift you will get a free produce box. We can sign-off on any community service hours.