Event:	Help children in need with Eastside Baby Corner Share
Location:	Eastside Baby Corner - Northshore (Kenmore) 6524 NE 181st Street Ste 6, Kenmore, WA 98028
Date:	Aug 17th 2020, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Staff:	Manager: Laura W ; Coordinator: Jeannette R
RSVP:	This event has already occurred

Event Description:

What we'll be doing:

Volunteers will help sort, assess, organize, and prepare incoming donations prior to distribution to children in need.

What you should know:

1) As of 5/21/20, the minimum age to volunteer for on-site Eastside Baby Corner opportunities is 14 and face masks are mandatory. You must sign up prior to volunteering. Please stay home if you’re sick or exhibiting symptoms of being sick. Eastside Baby Corner follows COVID-19 guidelines provided by King County Public Health and the City of Kenmore.

2) As of 6/26/20, face coverings are mandatory inside all Eastside Baby Corner sites where there are more than one person onsite. Please bring & wear your own face mask during our volunteer shift. If you forget your mask, Kelly (EBC-Northshore Hub Coordinator) has extra homemade cloth face coverings on site for our volunteers.

3) As of 7/1/20, Eastside Baby Corner volunteers will need to answer the COVID-19 Health Screen Questionnaire and complete a contact-less temperature check before entering the building at the beginning of each volunteer shift.

Health screening questions:

• Have you or anyone in your household had any of the following symptoms in the last 21 days: Sore throat, cough, chills, body aches for unknown reasons, shortness of breath for unknown reasons, loss of smell, loss of taste, fever at or greater than 100 degrees Fahrenheit?

• Have you or anyone in your household been tested for COVID-19?

• Have you or anyone in your household visited or received treatment in a hospital, nursing home, long-term care, or other health care facility in the past 30 days?

• Have you or anyone in your household traveled in the U.S. in the past 21 days?

• Have you or anyone in your household traveled on a cruise ship in the last 21 days?

• Are you or anyone in your household a health care provider or emergency responder?

• Have you or anyone in your household cared for an individual who is in quarantine or is a presumptive positive or has tested positive for COVID-19?

• Do you have any reason to believe you or anyone in your household has been exposed to or acquired COVID-19?

• To the best of your knowledge have you been in close proximity to any individual who tested positive for COVID-19?

Based on questionnaire responses, individual volunteers may be asked not to volunteer onsite. If you are on the RSVP list and have answered "YES" to one or more of these questions prior to the start of our volunteer shift, please contact the Event Manager via email.

Thank you for helping us keep everyone safe!

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Getting Here: Free parking in the lot in front of the building. Nearest bus stop is two blocks away (corner of 68th Ave NE & NE Bothell Way). Bike racks available across the street outside of Kenmore Library.

Entrance: Look for the big "EBC" sign above the front door (usually unlocked 10-15 minutes before our shift starts).

Personal Items: EBC has a container for coats & small personal items near the front desk.

What to Wear: Please dress in comfortable clothing and shoes.

Inclement Weather Policy: In the event of inclement weather, this EBC site follows the Northshore School District closure schedule.

Family Friendly Volunteer Info: Let us know in the RSVP notes if you are bringing any volunteers who are 7 to 17 years old (PLEASE INCLUDE THE FULL NAME OF ALL VOLUNTEERS UNDER AGE 18). Children 7 and over are welcome to volunteer at EBC with an adult chaperone, and will sign in on EBC's printed sign-in sheet upon arrival. If volunteer hour verification is needed for school, please bring the necessary paperwork so that EBC staff can sign at the end of our shift. Thanks! (SEE UPDATE IN EVENT DESCRIPTION)

Optional Donation Info: EBC will be open for donation drop-offs during our volunteer shift, so please feel free to bring any baby items such as clothing, toys, or diapers (this is not required for our volunteer shift).

Where to Meet:

Please meet inside the front entrance. Look for our One Brick name tags!

KidVantage (formerly Eastside Baby Corner):

KidVantage (formerly EBC) was founded in 1990 because Karen Ridlon, a local pediatric nurse practitioner, became concerned about the large numbers of babies in her practice that began life without adequate food, clothing, beds or safety equipment. Her commitment to giving these children a stronger start grew from a idea and a few items gathered in her dining room, into an agency that in 2016 filled its 500,000th order of absolute essentials.

For 50 weeks each year, volunteers and staff at KidVantage collect community donations, purchase and distribute children’s and maternity items to families in collaboration with organizations helping families in our area. Case managers from partner agencies assess the needs of the family, request the items from KidVantage, pick up and deliver them to the family. Serving a broad area across King County that extends to the Cascade foothills and from south of Renton into south Snohomish County, KidVantage serves as a diaper bank, a clothing bank, and a food source for more than 800 kids each week.

KidVantage leverages the impact of direct service providers by providing essential goods to the families they are helping. We practice good stewardship of resources through smart purchasing in bulk, reliance on volunteers and in-kind donations, including warehouse space donated by Rowley Properties. EBC is the major source of baby food, formula, diapers, cribs and car seats for eleven local food banks.