Did you know Slow Food is run entirely by volunteers? Here are some ways you can help us support Philadelphia’s good food culture!
Through our events, we:
- Create interest in and support for our local food culture
- Promote sustainable producers and purveyors in our community
- Bring people together through the common language of food
Sunday Suppers
Sunday Suppers supports families in making lasting behavior change in the way they purchase, prepare and share healthy food. The organizing vehicle for making this happen is the family meal.
Sunday Suppers bridges the gap between food resources and the kitchen table by helping families find resources for affordable fresh food, learn healthy cooking skills, and get the basic kitchen items to cook and share food. They have lots of volunteer opportunities so
Greensgrow Farm
Greensgrow Farm is a nationally recognized urban farm with a nursery, market, and gardens and accepts volunteers on a limited basis.
If you are interested in volunteering, you must attend a new volunteer orientation session.
Community Partnership
School
Community Partnership School, a unique independent school founded in 2006 by Germantown Academy and Project H.O.M.E. to serve low-income families in North Philly, is partnering with the Vetri Foundation to revolutionize the School Lunch Program!
Vetri Community Partnership
Vetri Community Partnership is non-profit organization that provides nutrition education through hands-on experiences to more than 20,000 people of all ages across Philadelphia and Camden each year.
The Agatston Urban Nutrition Initiative (AUNI) works to improve community nutrition and health in Philadelphia, a major component of the University of Pennsylvania’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships’ university-assisted community schools (UACS) program by developing and implementing a comprehensive set of activities in specific neighborhoods. Visit their website to learn about the many programs that they are currently working in High Schools in our area.
Klein JCC offers two special programs called Cook for a Friend & Grow for a Friend. Cook for a Friend provides meals made according to Jewish dietary customs for homebound seniors of Philadelphia (aka Kosher Meals on Wheels). Grow for a Friend networks local farms and urban gardens to grow vegetables for the Cook for a Friend program, enhancing nutrition and expanding seniors access to fresh, seasonal produce.
They have a Hoop House on-site, and are always in need of volunteers to help maintain the beds, harvest vegetables, weed, water, etc. Ideally, they are looking for a few individuals to take ownership of the hoop house, or multiple groups to visit and work weekly to biweekly between March through November.