Farmers Market Helper - with vehicle**
| Organization Details | |
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| Organization Name: | Local Investment Toward Employment (LITE) Inc. |
| Address: | 203-765 Main Street Winnipeg MB R2W 3N5 |
| Website: | http://lite.mb.ca/ |
| Organizational Description: | LITE's mission is to promote Community Economic Development (CED) by supporting inner city programs in Winnipeg that provide jobs and training opportunities to the chronically underemployed. We do this by providing grants to partner organizations running these specific programs and by making strategic purchases to support the inner-city economy and employment. LITE directs donations to support jobs, and more importantly, to help people who want to overcome the challenges they face. Our name says it all: We invest locally toward employment. |
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| Volunteer Opportunity Details | |
| Volunteer Opportunity ID: | 5402 |
| Description of Duties: | - Helping to load, transport and set up a table of merchandise at the West Broadway Community Centre's Farmers Market (through the Good Food Club). - Hanging out with me for the day, selling/interacting with the people attending the market - Event tear down, clean up & bringing everything back to our office |
| Skills Required: | - Good interpersonal skills - friendly! - Ability to work in a fast-paced environment - Ability to lift/carry bins, etc (nothing too heavy) - The skill of having/driving a vehicle! |
| Skills Gained/Related Careers: | - Experience working in a fast-paced (but friendly!) environment. - Event coordination experience - Imporoving interpersonal skills - Meeting people in the community and the non-profit field! |
| Age: | 18-30, 31-54, 55+ |
| Time Commitment: | Daytime , Evening The event goes from 3pm-6pm so I think the time commitment would be approx 2pm-6:30pm. Enough time to grab everything from our office, take it to the festival and set up/tear down and bring it back afterwards. We will reimburse for gas! |
| Location of volunteer opportunity: | Winnipeg |
| Does opportunity require a criminal record check? | No |
| Does opportunity require a child abuse registry check? | No |
| Opportunity is available to candidates that: | General Populace |
| Organization will provide: | Supervision Training/Orientation |
| How to Apply: |
Email: zoe@lite.mb.ca Phone: 204-942-8578 |
| Closing Date: | Sep 18, 2024 |
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