- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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25 people are interested
Monthly Meals Provider (Individual or Team)
ORGANIZATION: Lambert House LGBTQ Youth Center
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
-
25 people are interested
Lambert House is Seattle's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth community center. We are seeking meals volunteers to prepare and serve dinner once per month, or more. Meals, or Dinner With Divas as we call it, are sit-down, family style with LGBTQ & ally youth (11-22 years old), volunteers & staff ranging from 20-30 people per meal.
Meals provider volunteers plan the menu, provide the ingredients, and do the cooking. We ask meals volunteers to provide a vegetarian option as part of their meal. We always provide the kitchen, utensils, and hungry mouths!
Volunteers must go through our volunteer recruitment process, including an application, interview, shadow shift, and culminating in three days of training. Our next training is in February 2020 (exact dates TBD). More information about our volunteer application process, including the application, is available on our website: http://www.lamberthouse.org/volunteer/
More opportunities with Lambert House LGBTQ Youth Center
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About Lambert House LGBTQ Youth Center
Location:
1818 15th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122, US
Mission Statement
Lambert House empowers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth and their allies through the development of leadership, social and life skills.
Description
Lambert House serves LGBTQ youth ages 11-22 in the greater Seattle area with 32 ongoing year-round programs and services including:
- Daily drop in from 4-9:30pm Monday through Friday
- CyberCenter/Computer Lab Monday through Friday
- Home cooked meal Monday through Friday at 6pm
- Weekly discussion groups (Tranz Youth on Mondays, Queer Young Females on Tuesdays, and Boys Who Like Boys on Thursdays)
- 3,000+ volume LGBT lending library
- Art Night & supplies
- Queer Film Night on Friday
- Cultural & Theatrical outings (5th avenue, etc.)
- Monthly outdoor program (hikes & overnight camps)
- Quarterly Seattle-wide youth-planned social events (dances, proms, etc.)
- Leadership development & workshops
- LGBT Pride Celebration
- Informal youth-adult mentorship with volunteers
- Service referral for emergency & transitional housing, medical, counseling, etc.
- Clothing bank & toiletries
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1818 15th AvenueSeattle, WA 98122
DATE POSTED
September 24, 2019
SKILLS
- Cooking / Catering
- Mentoring
- Relationship Building
- Youth Services
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 23
- Orientation or Training
- One meal per month (~2 hours), for 1 year minimum
- Valid food handler's permit (can be obtained online at the cost of $10).