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2 people are interested
Help Refugee Arts host a booth at Renton Ladies Night!
ORGANIZATION: Refugee Artisan Initiative
Please visit the new page to apply.
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2 people are interested
DOWNTOWN RENTON
We are looking for 3-5 volunteer to join us at Renton Ladies Night marketing RAI goods and products. After your shift enjoy the event for free! See below for more details:
The Renton Downtown Partnership and over 30 participating downtown retailers, restaurants and bars are excited to bring you Ladies’ Night on Saturday, March 23 from 3-9pm including additional "after hours" cocktail specials until 10pm. There’s a little something for EVERYONE!!
Nobody enjoys a night on the town more than the ladies, and this event gives them MORE of what they’re craving...a fun, stress-free evening of shopping, dining and cocktailing in Downtown Renton! There will be specials and promotions at over 30 downtown retailers, restaurants and bars! So, grab your friends and come downtown on March23 for a fun and fabulous night out in Downtown Renton.
And the fun doesn’t have to stop! Make it a staycation and treat yourself (and your besties) to a night at the Red Lion. Your reservation includes admission to one-class at the event and shuttle service to and from the hotel to the festivities downtown. Enjoy your cocktail crawl responsibly; book your room today! Special hotel rates are available at ladiesnightrenton.eventbrite.com.
Grab your girlfriends and join us for a night out in your downtown!
Urban Night Market, live entertainment, free demonstrations & bra fittings
Admission is free; classes and the Cocktail Crawl are $25 each.
The first 100 registrants get a free goodie bag!
rentondowntown.com/ladiesnight/
More opportunities with Refugee Artisan Initiative
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Refugee Artisan Initiative
Location:
12337 Lake City Way NE, SEATTLE, WA 98125, US
Mission Statement
Refugee Artisan Initiative's mission is to transform lives of refugee and immigrant women by providing sustainable employment in sewing and handcrafting products. As part of the Refugee Artisan Initiative, we: •Hire and train immigrant women with sewing skills. •Enable artisans to work from home in an enterprise that needs little space. •Help women overcome language, transportation, and cultural barriers to employment. •Pay the Seattle-mandated minimum hourly wage. •Use recycled and repurposed materials, so our goods are easy on the environment. •Treat workers as collaborative and creative partners. •Help provide inroads for immigrants to enter into mainstream American life.
Description
We believe useful skills with proper tools and equipment can transform lives. Many refugee and immigrant women come to the Seattle area with limited skills and education, but have a strong desire to work. We intake and assess women with varying sewing skills to help them earn living wages by making sewn and handcrafted goods. We also provide sewing training and have a 'rent-to-own’ sewing and equipment program. We implement a circular economy by utilizing upcycled fabric and materials by converting them to beautiful small-batch manufactured products.
RAI started in 2017 and has served 36 Artisans to date. The amazing growth opportunities for RAI to produce sewn goods for partner corporations, local designers and small business means we have the opportunity to serve more Artisans who are now on a waitlist. We need volunteers to help us nurture a volunteer to artisan engagement program so we are developing an Artisan holistically and not just by the stipend she earns through the creation of products.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Downtown RentonRenton, WA 98055
DATE POSTED
February 11, 2019
SKILLS
- Business Development
- Sewing
- Networking
- People Skills
- Relationship Building
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- 2 hour shift throughout the night. Event is free
- Business casual