Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities with CMI!
January 28, 2025
Greetings and Salutations!
This is the first of what will be monthly or bi-monthly updates sharing ongoing or new volunteer opportunities with CMI, but there may be ways that you can help that are not listed here. If you have ideas for ways that you would like to contribute to our mission of supporting families and local farms, please reach out and share them! We are always looking for new ways to involve our wonderful community and your feedback is essential to that goal.
Upcoming Opportunities
February 25th: Food Box Giveaway in Inwood, WV.
CMI will be conducting a Food Box Giveaway in partnership with St. Leo’s Church in Inwood, WV, to provide 150 families with boxes of fresh local staple foods.
Ongoing Opportunities
Thursday Evenings – St. Isidore Market in Charles Town, WV
The St. Isidore Market in Charles Town, WV, is a once-weekly farmers market featuring goods from throughout and around the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. Volunteers are needed to assist with bringing food to customers, operating Point of Sale checkout processes, and assembling walk-up orders, among other tasks. Volunteers are needed from 3:30-7:30 PM.
NEW: Wednesday Mornings – Truck + Trailer Driver for St. Isidore Market Pickups Volunteer(s) needed to drive an F250 truck with a refrigerated trailer to pick up from local farms and distributors within Jefferson and Berkeley County, WV. Training will be provided.
General office administrative tasks, as needed. Any special skills that you have and would like to contribute – let us know what you can do! We may have use of additional skills not listed here.
Please share this information with anyone within your network that may be interested in volunteering, or have them reach out so they can be added to the email list! Let us know if there are any other ways that you would like to contribute to CMI’s mission of connecting locally grown food to families in need.
To learn more about Community Markets Inc., make a tax-deductible donation, or to volunteer, please visit www.communitymarketsinc.org. Like and follow CMI on Facebook at facebook.com/CommunityMarketsInc.
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Community Markets Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in Charles Town, WV whose mission is to connect locally grown food to families in need. All of CMI’s programs and activities increase food security and access to healthy and affordable food grown in WV for all Appalachian families, especially underserved and low-income families.