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15 people are interested
Share Cooking or Gardening Skills
ORGANIZATION: Friends of Echo Glen
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
-
15 people are interested
COOKING - share simple cooking & baking skills with the youth in their living units 2 times each month. More here: https://www.echoglen.org/cooking/
GARDENING- Help the residents learn how to grow vegetables and herbs or help with them keep up the landscaping beds and planters. One of Echo Glen's top priorities is to allow the youth to help beautfy the campus so they can take more pride & ownership in their school and residential areas. More here: https://www.echoglen.org/gardening/
Days & times are flexible after 3 PM on weekdays or most times on weekends.
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About Friends of Echo Glen
Location:
33010 SE 99th Street, Snoqualmie, WA 98065, US
Mission Statement
We are a 100% volunteer community that exists with the sole purpose of helping the youth at Echo Glen Juvenile Detention Center, who have so much untapped potential, to REWRITE THE SCRIPTS OF THEIR LIVES.
Description
We help these teens gain self-esteem by providing essential building blocks for healthy development thus breaking the cycle of neglect and abuse. Our goal is to surround the youth with caring adult role models who give an active listening ear while participating in a wide variety of activities.
Echo Glen is a Washington State juvenile detention facility and a school operated by the Issaquah School District. The facility has approximately 125, male and female, youth in residence, ranging in age from 10 to 20 years old. They come from every part of the state, and all have great untapped potential.
National studies show that 80 to 85 percent of youth in the juvenile justice system have at one time been removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect. This seems to be a continuous cycle-one that Echo Glen staff is determined to break. Nearly all of these young people have dangerously low self-esteem; they crave positive attention from adults and need good role models.
Please join us in supporting these youth!
CAUSE AREAS
Children & Youth,
Education & Literacy,
Environment
WHEN
We'll work with your schedule.
WHERE
Echo Glen Children's Center33010 SE 99th StreetSnoqualmie, WA 98065
(47.51746 ,-121.90085 )
DATE POSTED
March 3, 2025
SKILLS
- General Education
- Cooking / Catering
- Gardening
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Public Groups
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 21
- Orientation or Training
- twice/month
- must be able to pass a background check