Volunteer at Chicago FarmWorks - May 28th

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heartland allianceChicago (IL)

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities

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About the role

Heartland Human Care Services (HHCS), in partnership with Neighbor SpaceLand Trust, operates two urban farm lots in Chicago's East Garfield Park neighborhood called Chicago FarmWorks. We grow, harvest and distribute our produce with crucial support from our volunteers and ourtransitional job participants who are working to overcome barriers to secure permanent full-time jobs. Theproduce we grow on our two farm lots goes to our food pantry partners, Breakthrough Ministries FreshMarket and Mission of Our Lady of the Angels food pantry, and Rush University Medical Center where it isdistributed directly to hundreds of individuals and families each week. Volunteer tasks vary day to day and include, but are not limited to: harvesting, weeding, picking up trash, shoveling soil/ gravel, wheelbarrowing materials, planting seedlings, building grow beds, laying irrigationdrip tape, etc. If you have any physical limitations, please let us know and we will do our best toaccommodate by offering alternative tasks

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