Ceres Community Project – April 2, 2019

Ceres Community Project
Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities

Ceres Community Project supports primarily low-income people struggling because of a serious health challenge with free and low-cost, home-delivered, nourishing organic meals, nutrition education and the caring support of the community.

All the meals Ceres provides are prepared by youth ages 14 and up who volunteer in our ¾ acre food production garden and three commercial kitchen sites in Marin and Sonoma Counties. Ceres’ expert mentors give teens the opportunity to learn to cook and eat for health, gain the skills to be successful at school and work, develop leadership, become change-makers in their community, and discover the joy of giving back. The average youth works at Ceres for a year and many for much longer. Two youth serve as voting members on our board of directors and all of our youth are authentically engaged in planning and decision-making throughout our organization.

Volunteers are the heart of Ceres Community Project and play essential roles in every area of our work. Join the Ceres volunteer family of incredible, giving people, who are working together to enrich our community.

As a youth Volunteer, you will…
• Become skilled at cooking a wide range of delicious and

healthy food
• Make a life-changing difference for people in a health crisis
• Expand your circle of friends
• Develop new talents and gain self-confidence
• Gain real-life job skills
• Work your way to becoming a Youth Leader and gain skills in leadership, peer teaching, public speaking and more
• Collect community service credits
• Learn to garden (at selected sites)
• Discover how your food choices influence your own health, and that of the planet
• Be in 8th grade and 14 years old or older
• Be able to commit at least 2.5-3 hours/week for three months
• Shifts are in the afternoon, and we work with your schedule.

Volunteer in 4 easy steps:
1. Come to a Volunteer Orientation. Registration is limited and required. Parents of youth need not register. See dates below.
2. Print and fill out the Youth Application and bring it to Orientation. Parents need to sign some pages of these forms.

Sonoma County Youth Application

Marin County Youth Application

3. Come to your orientation knowing your schedule and what times/days will work for you.
4. Read the Youth Welcome Letter. This provides important information about what to wear and what to expect when you come to the kitchen. (download PDF)

For the latest orientation information, contact: Analise Lofaro at (707) 829-5833 x207 or analise@ceresproject.org

Locations:
Marin County
Community Action Marin
Central Kitchen
4308 Redwood Highway, Suite 100
San Rafael, CA 94903

Sonoma County
SAY Dream Center
2447 Summerfield Rd.
Santa Rosa CA 95405

Sebastopol Kitchen & Main Office
7351 Bodega Ave
Sebastopol, CA 95472
(707) 829-5833

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