FoodShare

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FoodShare is a Toronto non-profit community organization whose vision is Good Healthy Food for All. Founded 25 years ago to address hunger in our communities, FoodShare takes a unique multi-faceted and long-term approach to hunger and food issues. We work to empower individuals, families and communities through food-based initiatives, while advocating for the broader public policies needed to ensure that everyone has adequate access to sustainably produced, good healthy food. Working "from field to table," we focus on the entire system that puts food on our tables: from the growing, processing and distribution of food to its purchasing, cooking and consumption. FoodShare's programs reach over 145,000 children and adults every single month across every month in the city of Toronto and countless others across Canada, bringing them fresh, nutritious, affordable food, and cultivating the knowledge and skills that build healthy communities.

 

The Centre for Community Partnerships has partnered with FoodShare this year to offer University of Toronto students the opportunity to learn more about food security issues through active volunteer work, collaborating on special projects, and promoting policies which will make food a priority at all levels of society. 
 

Volunteer Positions at FoodShare

You can sign-up to volunteer once a week or for occasional projects and events, FoodShare is conveniently located at 90 Croatia Street steps away from the Dufferin TTC Subway stop. 

Commitment: Fall, Winter, or Spring/Summer semesters.  Volunteers will be asked to commit to one 3 hour shift per week, or can sign up as occational/special event volunteers.  

Time and Day: See below for specifc positions.  Most volunteer activities take place Monday to Friday, and shifts are scheduled anytime between the hours of 9am-4pm.

Volunteer Duties:

Office
Typing and other computer projects
Filing
Cleaning
Special mail-outs

Warehouse
Prepacking produce on Mondays (11:00 to 3:00) for the Good Food Box
Packing the Good Food Box on (Tuesdays)
Preparing school/agency orders (Fridays) (could include heavy lifting)

Kitchen
Cutting vegetables for the Wellness Box (Tuesdays)
Daily (10am-1pm) general food prep and lunch set up and clean up -lunch provided

Urban Agriculture
Brock Street Garden (weeding, harvesting, trimming, planting, watering etc.)
Weekly care of office plants (flexible)
Collecting waste and turning compost as well as worm care and sifting

Various
One day events that come up from time to time. (kitchen, garden, warehouse, community)
Organizing spaces
Putting school materials (booklets, etc) together for workshops

Research
Various research needed into topics related to food security

All students who are volunteering during lunch hour (12:30 to 1:00) will receive a healthy, hot free lunch