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Weekend Boro-Linc Arts Program Volunteers - Folk Music Celebration!
ORGANIZATION: Educational Alliance/Manny Cantor Center
Please visit the new page to apply.
- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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2 people are interested
Manny Cantor Center is proud to partner with Lincoln Center through their Boro-Linc program! As the inaugural partner in Manhattan, Manny Cantor Center is host to a season of free family-oriented arts programming and events.
We are currently seeking volunteers for a bonus Boro-Linc event : A Celebration of Folk Music. Our very own Weinberg Center older adults will be performing a variety of folk music favorites. This group as been working to prepare with an Artist-in-Residence from Lincoln Center. Following the performance will be a special film screening of A Memorial Concert for Pete and Toshi Seeger. It should be a fun day for all!
To register visit: http://mannycantor.org/volunteer/volunteeropportunities/
*All volunteers will receive a t-shirt and button
ROLE DESCRIPTIONS:
Usher
Lobby Usher: 1-4:00PM
6th Floor Usher: 1-4:30PM
- Role: Greet attendees with a smile and help them find their way to various locations within Manny Cantor Center. Ensure smooth flow of traffic through Manny Cantor Center, notifying the event Staff Captain if there is anything amiss. Ensure that attendees do not wander into off-limits sections of the building.
- Requirements: Must be warm, friendly, welcoming, with excellent customer service skills. Must be able to stand for least 3 hour-long chunks of time with short 5-10 minute breaks in between.
Greeters/Check-In
1-4:00PM
- Role: Greet attendees with a smile and support their trajectory through the check-in process with professionalism. This may involve greeting attendees and directing attendees to stand on-line at a check-in station, giving out wristbands, securing photo release signatures, and answering questions as necessary. Notify Staff Captain if anything is amiss.
- Requirements: This is one of the most involved and critical jobs of the day. Volunteers must be courteous, professional, and able to adhere to and communicate complex information about check-in procedures with grace and excellent customer service. Some volunteers must be able to stand for least 3 hour-long chunks of time with short 5-10 minute breaks in between.
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About Educational Alliance/Manny Cantor Center
Location:
197 E BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10002, US
Mission Statement
Educational Alliance brings together and partners with diverse communities in Lower Manhattan, offering individuals and families high-quality, multi-generational programs and services that enhance their well-being and socioeconomic opportunities..
Description
Our commitment to the diversity of the Lower East Side is reflected in our programming: Head Start classrooms sit alongside our private preschool; the Weinberg Center for Balanced Living creates community for older adults of all backgrounds and abilities; our fitness center is utilized by neighborhood residents of all ethnicities, income levels, and ages through an innovative tiered membership model. The Educational Alliance Art School uses the study and mastery of fine arts to forge connections between students and master teachers. Afterschool programs serve community needs for recreation, fitness, education, and college preparation. Community and cultural programming invites deep conversation and calls to action.
The Manny Cantor Center is the flagship building of Educational Alliance, a community-based organization offering a wide range of programs that integrate education, social services, arts and recreation throughout the Lower East Side and East Village. Created to assist Eastern European Jews immigrating to NYC, it has been serving the area since 1889. Educational Alliance has grown and changed as the Lower East Side has; now serving the diverse population that currently resides here.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
197 East BroadwayManny Cantor CenterNew York, NY 10002
DATE POSTED
May 26, 2016
SKILLS
- People Skills
- Cantonese / Mandarin
- Ushering
GOOD FOR
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Shifts are 3 to 3 1/2 hours
- Fill out our volunteer application, brief orientation when you arrive