- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Weekly Lettuce Harvest and Transplant
ORGANIZATION: Lettuce Dream
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Each week, volunteers at Lettuce Dream harvest and transplant lettuce that is sold to the community alongside individuals with disabilities. By assisting in harvest and transplant, our volunteers allow Lettuce Dream to continue operating as a training and assessment facility for those individuals with disabilities with the goal of integrating them into the community workforce and employment.
1 Shift
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morning /
08:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Harvest is every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in the mornings.
- NONE OF THESE TIMES WORK FOR ME, BUT I CAN STILL HELP
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About Lettuce Dream
Location:
1623 E 2nd Street, Maryville, MO 64468, US
Mission Statement
Lettuce Dream, a social enterprise, provides career education and grows community inclusion opportunities for people with disabilities.
Description
The vision at Lettuce Dream is that people of all abilities have equal access to achieve their career goals and contribute to their community. We empower individual potential through innovative career programs and community inclusion while growing fresh hydroponic produce year-round. It started out when two mothers of individuals with developmental disabilities began discussing what the future might hold for their kids in adulthood. These mothers saw few options for their children once they finished high school and wound up deciding that they themselves would be the ones to change that. Together, the mothers began strategizing how the idea of inclusion could extend into their children’s adult lives. They dreamed of a day where their children could expand their education after high school and saw a future of fulfillment for them. Sadly, at this phase, one of the mothers was struck with cancer. Before her passing, she promised to do what she could from heaven if only her friend, Diane, would continue making efforts here on earth. Diane has kept that promise and Lettuce Dream is the unfolding reality to prove it. Lettuce Dream is built on the idea that individuals with developmental and cognitive disabilities have a lot to give and that everyone is better off when they are an integral part of the wider community. These two mothers have made good on the promises they made to each other and we are witness to their dream coming true.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1623 E 2nd StreetMaryville, MO 64468
DATE POSTED
May 18, 2022
SKILLS
- Advocacy
- Case Work / Management
- Community Outreach
- Multi-Tasking
- Relationship Building
- Social Work
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 2-3 hours per week.