Participate in the co-op
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A place for YOU!
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Everybody is welcome, regardless of financial circumstances. Just pick the time slot that fits best for you.
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10:00a-10:00p -- Volunteers -- come help for any of these 12 hours that you can!
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12:00-7:00p -- Shoppers -- For every $10 that you donate, you can get a crate of food containing up to 5 units. You select which foods you want!
-- 12:00-4:00p -- priority shopping time for Pre-pays*.
--- 4:00-7:00-- shopping time for Day-of payers and Pre-payers. Please make your day-of donation in $10 increments, and you can get a crate of food for every $10 that you donate.
7:00-8:00 -- help us pack up!
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8:00-10:00p -- Gleaners shopping remaining produce and other persishables (e.g. bread and prepared foods). No fee, but please donate what you are able.
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10:00-11:00p -- Farmers take food for animals/compost. No fee, but please donate what you are able.
Payments
Forms of payment accepted at FoodCommune:
Cash
PayPal 404.822.5685
Zelle 404.822.5685
(no plastic cards)
When checking out at FoodCommune,
1) If paying electronically, i.e. NOT by cash: Please put your shopper number that day as a comment on your payment.
2) If paying by cash:
Bills accepted: $20s, $10s, $5s.
No large bills; no $100s, no $50s.
No $1 bills, no coins.
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What is Pre-paying?
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*Pre-pays: donate $100 to get a Prepay package = 10 crates that you can come get over the following 10 weeks. This expedites our checkout process (and we are often short on checkout volunteers!)
What to Expect?
What kinds of food will you get? All the kinds of food that you get at any grocery store! Fresh produce (fruits and vegetables), meats, meals, pantry items (cans, mac and cheese, etc.), salads, dairy (milk, yogurt, cheese), breads, desserts, and more. Plus a variety of health supplements. You will NOT be getting a prepackaged box of food. Rather, you will be filling your crates with items that YOU select.
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More questions? See our FAQ
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More Ways to Participate
FOOD DONATIONS WELCOME: If you know of a business (restaurant, store, caterer, etc.) that has excess food that they need to get rid of, please encourage them to donate this food to us, so that we can divert it to people who would use and appreciate it. Donate, don’t dump!
SHOPPERS AND VOLUNTEERS:
We are NOT externally funded. Instead, we are entirely self-sustaining. Thus, we depend not only on our FOOD DONORS, but on two key groups of people for the conscientious repurposing of this donated food:
1) We depend on our SHOPPERS (PAYING MEMBERS) each week to help cover some of our operating costs: the costs of getting all this food gathered, sorted, loaded, transported, stored, chilled, etc. Members pay $10 for each crate of food (up to 5 units of food per crate).
2) We depend on our VOLUNTEERS each Saturday distribution to get the food unloaded, fully sorted, arranged, and bagged so that its presentation makes for a convenient and pleasant shopping experience for all attendees. This work is very important! The collective work-hours of our VOLUNTEERS on any given distribution day are what make the FoodCommune possible. Please pitch in and help any hours that you are able!