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Community Garden Volunteer
ORGANIZATION: FIT AND FOOD CONNECTION
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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2 people are interested
The Fit & Food Connection is a new non-profit serving people in Northern St. Louis. We provide free food assistance to low-income families and empower people to get healthy through free fitness classes and nutrition education.
We need volunteers to assist with weeding, watering, and harvesting at our community garden, Project Sunflower, located at 4846 St. Louis Ave.
Task: Maintenance of our community garden through tasks such as weeding, watering, and harvesting produce.
Time: Various times throughout the week. Please check the link included below for each opportunity. Schedule is as follows: Tuesdays 4 PM start and Fridays 1:30 PM start -- duration is approximately 1-2 hours but stay as long as works for you! Starting in June, Saturday start at 9 am as well. Please note, you must sign up for an opportunity if you plan on attending. We are not always at the garden at these times if there are no volunteers signed up!
Location: Project Sunflower Organic Garden, 4846 St. Louis Ave 63115.
No experience necessary, just come ready and willing to get a little muddy! We have supplies such as gloves, tools, hoses, wheelbarrows, etc! Don't feel as though you need to bring anything unless you want to!
Link to browse availabe dates and sign up here: https://fitandfoodconnection.app.neoncrm.com/projectList.jsp
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About FIT AND FOOD CONNECTION
Location:
222 S MERAMEC AVE STE 202, SAINT LOUIS, MO 63105, US
Mission Statement
Our Mission: The Fit & Food Connection offers people living in food and fitness deserts access to free nutritious food, physical activities, educational workshops, and personal coaching to encourage and support healthy living.
Description
Fit and Food Connection (FFC) works to develop and improve Wellness and Food Access programs, that
are specifically geared to underserved communities throughout the St. Louis Northern region.
Addressing public health and environmental issues that primarily impact Black Americans, FFC works to
further promote equity around wellness and food accessibility. FFC's mission is to build a community
resource that would serve North St. Louis city and county residents through healthy food distribution,
urban gardening, nutrition education and physical exercise programs with the attempt to rebuild
healthy communities. We strive to foster health and wellness in underserved neighborhoods to improve
the region’s public health and environment. In 2013, Gabi Cole and Joy Millner merged their respective
Wellness-based and Food Justice organizations (Living Joyfully and The Food Place) and founded The Fit
and Food Connection (FFC). They shared a vision of building a community resource that would serve
North St. Louis city and county residents who experience a lack of access to healthy food, basic nutrition
and safe spaces for physical exercise.
CAUSE AREAS
Community,
Environment,
Hunger
WHEN
We'll work with your schedule.
WHERE
4846 Saint Louis AvenueSt. Louis, MO 63115
(38.66922 ,-90.25204 )
DATE POSTED
May 19, 2025
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Public Groups
REQUIREMENTS
- This is a Done in a Day opportunity and there is no prior training or ongoing commitment needed.
- Must be at least 10