Volunteer as a mentor, workshop leader, or business partner.
If you’d like to support Growing Home but aren’t able to commit to long-term volunteering, please let us know if you’re able to help us with something specific. Besides the obvious planting, harvesting, and teaching, there are markets to man, envelopes to stuff,lessons to plan, events to coordinate, and buildings and vehicles to maintain. Plus, we’re always looking for business partners to help find employment for our program graduates, secure funding for specific projects, and help us find more ways to grow.
Current Opportunities:
Growing Home Annual Benefit Volunteers
Would you like to have a hand in our biggest event of the year? Growing Home is looking for a number of generous folks can lend some time to us on June 3rd at our Annual Benefit at the Chicago Cultural Center. There are a limited number of volunteer spots so act fast! All volunteers are granted free admission to our event dinner and everyone will be able to take a break at some point to enjoy the festivities!
We are looking for:
Set-up Volunteers-12pm to 4pm. Volunteers will be setting up the event space and getting ready for the evening. Set-up volunteers are invited to comeback and join us for the event at 5:30pm.
Servers/Bussers-4:30pm to 7:30pm. Volunteers must have previous serving or catering experience. Serving Volunteers will assist the Monogramme events catering staff in the dinner service. Serving volunteers will be able to take part in the delicious meal and listen to the keynote speaker Frances Moore Lappe at the end of their volunteer shift.
Silent Auction Volunteers- 5:30pm to 9:30pm. Volunteers will assist staff in the management of our silent auction while it is open for bidding, tallying bids once the auction is closed, and distributing items to winners. Silent auction volunteers will be given breaks to take part in the meal.
Clean-up Volunteers- 7:30pm to 10:30pm. Clean-up volunteers will be their with us at the end, helping us pick-up the event space. Clean-up volunteers are welcome to attend the event and then find one of our volunteer captains when they are scheduled to help.
Please contact info@growinghomeinc.org to RSVP for a specific volunteer role. Give your name, first and second preferred volunteer role, and a phone number to reach you at. We'll need a lot of awesome helpers this year. We are expecting this to be our biggest event to-date. Volunteer spots are first come first serve, so let us know ASAP. We will then be in touch as the event draws closer with more specific instructions about your duties. Thank you in advance!!
Find out more about our event on our website's Annual Benefit page.
-Tegan Brace, Programs Coordinator
Job Training Group Classes
Do you have training teaching a specific subject or skill, including but not limited to math, literacy, health and nutrition, and job readiness? If so, we could use your help teaching group classes during our Job Training Program. You could teach a single class or weekly sessions. If this interests you, please send your class ideas to info@growinghomeinc.org.
Have questions? Contact Tegan Brace, Programs Coordinator.
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