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19th Annual Taste & Tribute Gala Volunteer Staff
ORGANIZATION: Tibetan Aid Project
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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9 people are interested
Hi there, we are the Tibetan Aid Project.
We fund the production, shipment and free distribution of sacred texts, art and prayer wheels to monasteries and individuals in the Himalayan region. We also sponsor ceremonies, retreats for healing professionals, and provide financial support for monastic centers, lamas, monks, nuns and lay people. We strive to promote awareness of these significant teachings through our work-study program. In this manner we can have participants learn through direct experience, developing a heart connection that permeates throughout all experience.
On November 22 th we will be hosting our 19 th Annual Benefit Gala, Taste & Tribute, at the Four Seasons in San Francisco. This unique dining experience is our main fundraiser.
We will have 22 renowned chefs paired up to prepare an elegant four-course meal table side for 220 guests. Prior to entering the dining room, during the reception there will be a silent auction with lovely hors d’oeuvres and sparkling wine, kick starting the evening into sheer elegance and openness. Once the dinner has commenced we will have a live auction, with our excitable auctioneer, who just knows how to get everyone flinging their paddles up. It truly is a sight to see, and warmth to feel. Generosity is spilling all over the place.
To be in a room with so many people who share the same connection of the heart, is truly an experience in and of its self. See, preserving the Tibetan culture is not only benefiting the Tibetan community. This culture, these teachings are beneficial to all of humanity. Teachings to be a little more compassionate, teaching us to be a little more open with all beings, teaching us that our minds are so powerful.
Come join us on November 22 th! We need help between the hours of 10am and 11pm. Any time that you can help in between will be so helpful.
We need volunteers like you to help with:
- Decorating the ball room & hallways
- Setting up auction area
- Helping chefs unload
- Registration
- Greeting
- Recording auction results (live & silent)
- Handing out gifts to guests
- Taking care of the volunteer room
- Cashiering
- Clean up
- Loading truck
- AWESOME MEALS WILL BE PROVIDED!!
More opportunities with Tibetan Aid Project
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About Tibetan Aid Project
Location:
1815 Highland Place, BERKELEY, CA 94709, US
Mission Statement
For over fifty years, the Tibetan Aid Project (TAP) has dedicated its efforts to restoring and preserving Tibet's cultural and spiritual heritage. Working with an all-volunteer staff, the Project has served as a bridge between donors in the West and the Tibetan people.
Description
Tibetan Aid Project is a part of the Nyingma Mandala, a Buddhist community based in the U.S. and rooted in the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. We fund the production, shipment and free distribution of sacred texts, art and prayer wheels to monasteries and individuals in the Himalayan region. We also sponsor ceremonies, retreats for healing professionals, and provide financial support for monastic centers, lamas, monks, nuns and lay people. We strive to promote awareness of these significant teachings through our work-study program providing participants the opportunity to share their skills, while also gaining an understanding of work as meditative practice. This allows us to learn through direct experience, developing a heart connection that permeates throughout all experience,
Tibetan Lama Tarthang Tulku founded the community in 1969 in Berkeley, California and continues to lead it today. Since the beginning, the Nyingma community has engaged in many projects to preserve Tibetan culture and share the Buddhist teachings. Our community refers to these projects collectively as a mandala of organizations because each one embodies a specific quality that supports, balances, and enhances the others, as well as the community as a whole. The Nyingma Association of Mandala Organizations (NAMO) is comprised of the following Berkeley-based organizations: Nyingma Institute, Mangalam Center, Dharma College, Tibetan Aid Project, Guna Foundation. NAMO also includes other centers located in rural Sonoma County and worldwide.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Four Seasons Hotel,757 Market StreetSF, CA 94103
DATE POSTED
August 20, 2019
SKILLS
- Data Entry
- Networking
- People Skills
- Interior / Exterior Design
- Customer Service
- Hospitality
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Orientation or Training
- 8hr shifts with breaks , rotating teams :)