Volunteer Project Catalog
We Don't Waste
On the first Tuesday of each month We Don't Waste sets up a walk up food market in the parking lot of Bruce Randolph and distributes food to hundreds of families from the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood. Help us set up the market, distribute food to families that attend, and help everything run smoothly. We will provide vests, hand sanitizer and gloves. Spanish speaking volunteers are extra helpful for signing in families! Sign up below to help out! (Ages 15 and up!)
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Canstruction® Colorado is a city-wide competition in which architects and designers build life-size structures entirely out of canned food, which will be donated to We Don’t Waste and distributed to local communities at the end of the exhibit. We Don't Waste needs volunteer support on the build day and take-down day. **More arrival/parking information will be provided to those who sign up**
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On the fourth Tuesday of each month We Don't Waste sets up a walk up food market and distributes food to hundreds of families from the Globeville-Elyria-Swansea (GES) neighborhood. Help us set up the market, distribute food to families that attend, and help everything run smoothly. We will provide vests, hand sanitizer and gloves. Spanish speaking volunteers are extra helpful for signing in families! Sign up below to help out! (Ages 15 and up).
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Join us at our Distribution Center to assist with various projects. Typically, volunteers sort food donations and pack grocery bags for our recipient agencies so that they can be distributed by our team. Volunteers must wear close toed shoes.
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We Don't Waste is collaborating with King Soopers and Kroenke Sports & Entertainment to put on a walk-up food market at the Dicks Sporting Goods Park. Volunteers will help us set up the market and distribute food to families that attend. Once the market has concluded, help us clean up and break down tables and tents. We will provide safety vests, hand sanitizer and gloves. This market will take place in Lot H of the Dick's Sporting Goods Park.
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On the second Tuesday of each month We Don't Waste sets up a walk up food market and distributes food to hundreds of families from the Lincoln Park, Sun Valley and Val Verde neighborhoods. Help us set up the market, distribute food to families that attend, and help everything run smoothly. We will provide vests, hand sanitizer and water. Spanish speaking volunteers are extra helpful for signing in families! Sign up below to help out! (Ages 15 and up!)
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On the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month We Don't Waste sets up a walk thru food market and distributes food to hundreds of families from the Westwood, Mar Lee, and Ruby Hill neighborhoods. Help us set up the market, distribute food to families that attend, and help everything run smoothly. We will provide vests, hand sanitizer and gloves. Spanish speaking volunteers are extra helpful for signing in families! Sign up below to help out! (Ages 15 and up!)
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Each month We Don't Waste sets up a walk up food market and distributes food to hundreds of families from the Fitzsimons, Delmar, and Hoffman Heights neighborhoods. Help us set up the market, distribute food to families that attend, and help everything run smoothly. We will provide vests, hand sanitizer and gloves. Spanish speaking volunteers are extra helpful for signing in families! Sign up below to help out! (Ages 15 and up!)
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On the third Tuesday of each month We Don't Waste sets up a walk up food market and distributes food to hundreds of families from the Villa Park, Valverde, and Barnum neighborhoods. Help us set up the market, distribute food to families that attend, and help everything run smoothly. We will provide vests, hand sanitizer and gloves. Spanish speaking volunteers are extra helpful for signing in families! Sign up below to help out! (Ages 15 and up!)
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On the first Friday of each month, We Don't Waste sets up a walk-up food market and distributes food to hundreds of families from the Sunnyside, Globeville, and Chaffee Park neighborhoods. Help us set up the market, distribute food to families that attend, and help everything run smoothly. We will provide vests, hand sanitizer and gloves. Spanish speaking volunteers are extra helpful for signing in families! Sign up below to help out! (Ages 15 and up).
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Occasionally, We Don't Waste will hold markets in the parking lot of our office/Distribution Center. This will be a walk up food market open to anyone. Volunteer with us to help us set up the market, distribute food to families that attend, and help everything run smoothly. We will provide vests, hand sanitizer and gloves. Spanish speaking volunteers are extra helpful for signing in families! Sign up below to help out! (Ages 15 and up).
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Sign up and volunteer to be a part of our We Don’t Waste Speakers Bureau. As part of this group volunteers act as representatives of We Don’t Waste at various tabling events and speaking engagements around the city. These individuals are required to first complete a set amount of hours at either our Distribution Center or Mobile Food Market volunteer shifts. Bureau members are also required to complete a training focused on learning about We Don’t Waste as an organization - our mission, history, and day to day activities as well as a baseline knowledge of food waste and hunger in Colorado. Becoming a member of the Bureau is a great opportunity to increase community engagement, improve public speaking, and practice leadership skills. SPECIAL NOTE Please do not sign up for a shift on this project unless you are a current member of the Speakers Bureau and have attended a training. If you have not attended a training but are interested in participating please contact julia@wedontwaste.org.
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