Volunteer Project Catalog
We Don't Waste
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 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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Sign up and volunteer with our education team! Volunteers will help to collect food waste in compost bins to help measure food waste in the cafeteria and ask students questions regarding what they are throwing away and why. These food waste audits will occur at different schools, so please check the shift description for more information!
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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. You'll be working alongside our volunteer group from Ability Specialists Inc., a group that empowers adults with developmental disabilities to thrive in the Denver-Metro community.
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This is for volunteer groups only (corporate groups, community groups, schools, etc.). BEFORE signing up for a shift, please fill out our Group Volunteer Opportunity Request Form (https://www.wedontwaste.org/group-volunteer-requests/) and a member of our volunteer team will follow up with you. After you coordinate with our team, you will be able to sign up for a shift.
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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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On the first Friday of each month, We Don't Waste sets up a walk up food market at the National Western Center Administrative Building (5115 Race Ct, Denver, CO 80216) and distributes food to hundreds of families from Elyria-Swansea, and Globeville 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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Work with our operations team to assist our nonprofit partners who pick up food from our Distribution Center (6090 E 39th Ave, Denver CO 80207). Nonprofit partners have appointments to pick up food from our Distribution Center and we are looking for volunteers to help them shop around the warehouse and record which food items they are collecting. Other small warehouse tasks such as baling cardboard or sweeping might also be a part of these shifts.
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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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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 barona@wedontwaste.org
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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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