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Sankofa Market Volunteer

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ORGANIZATION: West Elmwood Housing Development Corporation

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Sankofa
Sankofa World Market

Sankofa World Market Occurs
Every Wednesday from June 1st - September 30th
At Knight Memorial Library

First shift (Market Set-Up)
1:00-3:30pm

Duties

  • Arrive at Knight Memorial Library at 1:00pm
  • Assemble and put out colored flags in front of the sidewalk on the lawn
  • Put out banners in front of Elmwood Nursing Home and Dorcas International Institute
  • Bring out appropriate number of tents, tables, and chairs to lawn
  • Set up communal eating/sitting tent
  • Assist in setting up WEHDC tent and music tent
  • Assist vendors with set up
  • Ensure all colored tents have tent stakes

Second shift (General Market Maintenance)
3:00-6:00pm

Duties

  • Arrive at 3:00 and check in at Market Managers tent
  • Manage the clicker to count number of customers at market
  • Hand out flyers to pedestrians in front of library and downElmwood Ave
  • Engage with customers and hand out Bonus Buck coupons
  • Pick up trash
  • See Addie for other tasks if you don’t have anything to do!

Third Shift (Market Break down)
6:30-7:45pm

Duties

  • Pull up all stakes and put in blue bin
  • Break down all colored tents and put back in storage
  • Break down all WEHDC tables and chairs and put back in storage
  • Break down colored flags and put back in storage
  • Take down all signs offElmwood Aveand bring back to storage
  • Assist vendors in break down
  • Throw away any remaining trash in the trash bin or dumpster

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About West Elmwood Housing Development Corporation

Location:

224 DEXTER ST, PROVIDENCE, RI 02907, US

Mission Statement

West Elmwood Housing Development Corporation (WEHDC) improves the quality of life in the West End of Providence by creating opportunities for homeownership, community engagement and economic development.

Description

West Elmwood Housing was founded in 1970 as a full service community development agency devoted to revitalizing and engaging the West End of Providence. We redevelop neglected historic sites, build new homes into affordable healthy housing opportunities and rehabilitate foreclosed property and blighted land as opportunities for first time homebuyers.

WEHDC’s HomeOwnership Center provides education and counseling services to owners from across Rhode Island through Financial Empowerment Workshops, and Homebuyer Education including Landlord classes and Foreclosure Intervention Counseling. Our Lending Department programs consist of down payment assistance, home repair loans and green loans.

Our Community Building and Engagement Department focuses on community engagement, youth programs, healthy neighborhoods, creating economic opportunities and an array of collaborative initiatives.

Between 2004--2011, WEHDC’s ClearCorps Program remediated over 1,300 lead contaminated homes. WEHDC is a certified NeighborWorks Chartered Organization and certified Green Organization.

CAUSE AREAS

Community
Environment
Hunger
Community, Environment, Hunger

WHEN

Wed Jul 29, 2015 - Wed Sep 30, 2015
01:00 PM - 07:30 PM

WHERE

Knight Memorial Library275 Elmwood AveProvidence, RI 02907

(41.805035,-71.425995)
 

DATE POSTED

July 29, 2015

SKILLS

  • People Skills
  • Community Outreach

GOOD FOR

N/A

REQUIREMENTS

  • Orientation or Training
  • Shifts of roughly 1 & 1/2 hours every Wednesday

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