1. Address a Critical Need : Feed Scarborough serves over 7,500 residents weekly through food banks and mobile healthy meal program, tackling food insecurity in a community hit hard by rising food costs and poverty. Your efforts directly support vulnerable households.
2. Empower the Community : Beyond providing food, Feed Scarborough runs innovative programs like culinary training, community gardens, and a business incubator, career development programmes fostering long-term solutions to poverty. As a volunteer, you contribute to empowering individuals with skills and resources.
3. Diverse Opportunities : Whether you prefer hands-on tasks like sorting food, assisting at food banks, or helping with community gardens, there’s a role for you. Flexible shifts (morning, daytime, evening) accommodate various schedules.
4. Build Connections : Volunteers work with passionate, like-minded individuals, creating a sense of community. Past volunteers describe the experience as rewarding and the team as welcoming.
5. Personal Growth : Gain skills in teamwork, organization, customer service or even hospitality & culinary arts through programs like FoodHall TO, Global connections and networking through programmes like Zero Hunger Project. It’s also a great way for students or newcomers to earn volunteer hours or build experience.
6. Support a Human Right : Feed Scarborough believes access to healthy food is a human right. By volunteering, you advocate for dignity and resilience in Scarborough.
