Description
Starting with food security, A Better Life Foundation provides daily meals, training, education, practise inclusive hiring and take climate change action to make a direct, meaningful difference in the lives of those who need it most.
Our Volunteer Opportunity
As part of our commitment to sustainable practices, we developed a food recovery program, diverting literal tons of edible food from local grocery stores, yet headed to the landfill, and redistributing them through our meal programs and to other community groups. Since June 2020, we’ve saved over 71 metric tonnes of perfectly good food from being wasted and offset 76,000kg of Carbon!
We are looking for committed weekly volunteers to support our Food Recovery Chef in the prepping and cooking of 100+ meals and in the collection, sorting and redistribution of the recovered food intakes.
The volunteer shifts are:
- From Monday to Friday
- 4 hours long
- From 10am to 2pm each day
What to expect?
If you're passionate about cooking, food rescue, and alleviating food insecurity, then this opportunity might just be the right fit for you!
With multiple programs and over 1500 meals to prepare and distribute per day, you will be volunteering as part a energetic and lively team, chopping and mixing to the rhythm of our chef's music playlist!
Some lifting may be involved but we organise the tasks according to everyone's abilities.
What are we looking for?
- Enjoys team work and dynamic environment
- A fondness for cooking
- Attention to details
- Reliability and Punctuality
Where are we located?
We are located at the former Save On Meat Diner, at 43 West Hastings Street. Our entrance is accessible from the back alley and will give you the needed directions prior.
How to get in touch with us?
If you're interested in assisting with this role, we have two ways for you to reach out to us:
- Feel free to head to our Volunteer Sign Up Form and fill it out directly! This will give you the opportunity to give us more information about you, your expectations, and your availabilities so we can evaluate what the best fit would be for you!
- Send us a message directly on our organization's email address: info@abetterlifefoundation.ca
