Urban Edge residents are proud of their homes, and work to clean up and spruce up common areas. We welcome anyone who cares to join us in this positive effort. Volunteers assist with raking, painting, general cleanup, securing donations.
Visit our website for opportunities in the areas of Preparing Children to Learn, Supporting Youth in School, and Lifting Families from Poverty.
Corporate, youth, and community service organizations provide huge help with one-day volunteer projects! Examples of past projects include fence repairs, tack cleaning, trail clearing and maintenance, spring cleanup, painting, event preparation, and power washing to name a few.
On the Tuesday before every Thanksgiving, Urban Edge staff and volunteers gather to pass out between 300 and 600 turkeys and chickens and Thanksgiving fixings. Volunteers take donations (foodstuffs), sign in recipients, assist in distribution, set up and clean up, deliver food to seniors.
Children need supplies for school: notebooks, pencils, backpacks and book bags, even winter coats. Urban Edge takes donations to purchase these supplies, or collects the supplies from generous local businesses. Volunteers secure donations, direct and sign in recipients, gather and distribute supplies, set up and clean up.
This resource fair connects students with summer camps, job opportunities, free lunches and other events that can help make summer a happy, productive time. Volunteers secure donations, direct and sign in recipients, set up, and clean up.
Give back to your community by involving your company or group in a volunteer day. Team build, develop leadership skills and bond with your coworkers while touches the lives of others.
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Our Serve & Grow program is great for college and community groups looking for service-learning opportunities. Bring your group to one of our farms to grow food for hunger relief organizations and local distribution.
In our Serve & Grow farm work volunteer program, individuals and groups visit our farms to help tend the fields. We hold three-hour volunteer sessions on weekday and weekend mornings at our farms in the spring and fall. Volunteers learn about The Food Project and our mission, and help with tasks such as planting, weeding,…