- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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3 people are interested
Volunteers Wanted: Porchlight Products
ORGANIZATION: Porchlight, Inc.
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
-
3 people are interested
Porchlight is looking for new volounteers! Help us help the homeless!
Porchlight is a resource center/shelter available for homeless individuals. At Porchlight, we service a multittude of guests with many different needs. One of Porchlight's positive community programs is Porchlight Products. This program creates quality products from locally grown produce, and sells these products to local markets for a fair price. This program also provides training for a variety of job and life skills to people with a wide range of disabilities. The confidence they develop helps them to be productive members of society.
We are currently looking for volunteers to assist with this program. Volunteers in this position will be working side by side with clients in order to help produce and package food products. Ideal volunteers would meet the following criteria:
- willing to commit 4 hours/week
- organized, reliable
- positive attitude!
More opportunities with Porchlight, Inc.
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Porchlight, Inc.
Location:
306 N. Brooks St., Madison, WI 53715, US
Mission Statement
Porchlight strives to decrease the Dane County homeless population by providing shelter, housing, supportive services, and a sense of community in ways that empower residents and program participants to positively shape their lives.
Description
Porchlight was created in 2004 by the merger of two well-established and successful non-profit providers of emergency shelter and low-cost housing in Dane County: Community Housing & Services, Inc. (CHAS) and Transitional Housing, Inc. (THI)
Porchlight is the largest supplier of low-cost housing in Dane County and is comprised of an emergency shelter for men, Safe Haven (housing and intensive services for men and women suffering from serious mental illnesses), 172 single room or efficiency units and 55 family units.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
306 N. Brooks St.Madison, WI 53715
DATE POSTED
July 7, 2016
SKILLS
- People Skills
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- ideally, 4 hours per week