Volunteer with Flower City Pickers

# Can you share a couple of hours with us on a Saturday afternoon?

Join the fun and volunteer with us!

Flower City Pickers' mission is to support the local community with free food through the recovery and redistribution of safe but otherwise landfill-bound food.

By enriching other hunger relief agencies and local farms, Flower City Pickers strives to establish and grow a platform for waste prevention and civic engagement.

Since our start, we have recovered and redistributed one million pounds of food, keeping it in our neighbors' hands and bellies instead of the landfill.

Currently, our largest distribution occurs on Saturdays at Rochester's Public Market.

Flower City Pickers wouldn’t be possible without our core team of volunteers and members!

Each week, we rely on volunteers to help us sort, distribute, and deliver food to those who need it the most. We’d love for you to join us!

We require that new participants sign up to volunteer by signing up for this event on meetup.

What will you do?

Currently, our largest distribution occurs on Saturdays at Rochester's Public Market.

MARKET DISTRIBUTION & SATURDAY SORTING

We collect, sort, and deliver from approximately 2 pm-4pm in the parking lot near the Pennsylvania Street entrance.

Food is sorted by volunteers into three different FCP food grades:

A (astonishing) - Grade A is distributed to homeless shelters and organizations who need produce with a longer shelf life.

L (livestock) - Grade L is picked up by local farmers to help feed their livestock.

C (compost) - Grade C is composted.

REQUIREMENTS

Over 18 years.. We provide everything else..