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Event: FareStart's Hunger Relief Kitchen Support (Pacific Tower)
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Location: Pacific Tower
1200 12th Ave South, Seattle, WA 98144
Date: Jun 4th 2022, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Staff: Manager: Jeannette R
RSVP: This event has already occurred

Event Description:

FareStart is a non-profit organization that trains homeless and disadvantaged individuals for jobs in the culinary industry, empowering them to transform their lives. For 30 years, FareStart has been providing meals to our community to offset food insecurity and relieve hunger. As a part of our response to the COVID-19 crisis, FareStart has leaned further into this work and has provided millions of meals to organizations across the Seattle area that serve youth, adults and families who are low income or experiencing homelessness.

What we'll be doing:

Volunteers help with a variety of tasks to help supplement the large amount of work that goes in to creating between 3,000 – 5,000 meals each day. We'll help prepare meals by completing basic preparation tasks such as: Assembling boxes for meal transportation, stamping meal bags, portioning, cleaning produce and more. FareStart staff will assign tasks based on individual skill and comfort level.

No kitchen experience or Food Handler's card is necessary, but food preparation does require standing on a hard surface for the duration of our shift. Chefs will assign tasks based on individual skill and comfort level.

What you should know:

2022 COVID-19 FARESTART SAFETY INFORMATION:

Essential Service Provider: YES - FareStart volunteers are permitted onsite.

Full Vaccination Required: YES - Volunteers are required to provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination before our shift begins in order to keep clients, volunteers, and staff as safe as possible. Please email a photo of your vaccination card showing your name & vaccination dates to farestart(at)onebrick.org.

Masks Required: OPTIONAL - Masks are now optional inside FareStart facilities. Volunteers are encouraged to wear their own masks, but a limited supply of masks should be available onsite.

Health Screening Required: YES - Volunteers are required to complete a health self-assessment before volunteering. If you are feeling unwell, please cancel your RSVP through the One Brick website or email your Event Manager as soon as possible so that we can let FareStart kitchen staff know.

Social Distancing Required: YES - Volunteers are required to maintain space between yourself and others while inside the building. Staff will place volunteers in socially distanced stations approximately 6' apart at the beginning of our shift.

 
Physical Requirements: Volunteers should be able to stand for the duration of our shift, and be able to perform light lifting, reaching, and assembly.
 
Pre-Registration: FareStart uses Galaxy Digital to manage their own volunteers. All One Brick group members must also have a Galaxy Digital account with FareStart and be registered for this shift in advance. If you do not have a Galaxy Digital account or are having difficulties creating an account, you may also provide permission for One Brick to share your name and email address with FareStart so that they can create an account for you and register you for this shift (if choosing this option, please provide your consent to share your name & email address, plus include a photo of your vaccination card showing your name & vaccination dates to farestart(at)onebrick.org).
 
Getting Here: If driving, paid parking is available in the Pacific Tower parking garage and for free on neighborhood streets. Closest bus routes to Pacific Tower are 36 & 60. Bicycles can be secured outside the building.
 
Entrance: Please enter through the front door of the Pacific Tower (also known as Pacific Medical Centers - Beacon Hill) and take the stairs or elevator to the kitchen on the second floor.
 
Personal Items: FareStart recommends either leaving valuables at home or keeping them on your person. There are lockers for coats, purses, and small bags, but if you'd like to place items in a locker please arrive between 9:45 - 9:55 am. FareStart will have padlocks available to borrow during the shift if you'd like to secure your items inside your locker.
 
What to Wear: FareStart will provide aprons. Volunteers are asked to wear sturdy, closed-toed, non-slip/rubber soled shoes and full-length pants. We also advise volunteers to wear clothes and shoes which can get dirty.
 
Long hair must be tied back, and all volunteers must wear a hat or a hairnet (hairnet provided). Please refrain from wearing nail polish.

Family-Friendly Volunteer Info: FareStart insurance requires all kitchen volunteers to be at least 18 years old.

Food & Safety: Please notify FareStart staff if you have any physical limitations or allergies, open cuts, or do not feel well prior to volunteering.
 
Additional Info:

This Hunger Relief Kitchen volunteer opportunity is very limited, so it's essential that if you RSVP for this volunteer shift that you show up to volunteer. It's often difficult to find last-minute replacement volunteers, and the food that we're preparing in the Hunger Relief Kitchen is critical to our community neighbors in need - thanks for your understanding!

Volunteer orientation will start as close to 10:00 am as possible, so it helps if volunteers arrive early. Please do not arrive at FareStart before 9:45 am since FareStart catering staff have separate assignments and are not able to supervise volunteers until Hunger Relief Kitchen staff are ready at 9:45 am.

  • 9:45-10:00 am – Arrival time; volunteers put items in lockers
  • 10:00 am – Kitchen volunteer orientation; tasks assigned
  • 10:15 am – Production begins
  • 11:30am (30 min) – Lunch break **
  • 12:00 pm - 3:00 PM – Review final tasks; production resumes; help with cleanup (another 10 min break included)

** Lunch is provided during your scheduled break! If all volunteer tasks are completed before our shift is scheduled to end, volunteers may be released early. Volunteers are also welcome to stay past our scheduled shift end time if there are still tasks to be completed.

Please note that confidentiality is essential for FareStart student safety and that a photo release form must be signed by every FareStart student and graduate before their photograph is taken for any public display. The FareStart On-Site Volunteering Information document is available if you have specific questions.

Where to Meet:

FareStart's Hunger Relief Kitchen entrance is located on the second floor of Pacific Tower (1200 12th Ave S). Please call the FareStart Hunger Relief Kitchen at (206) 787-1563 to get access to the building. Kitchen staff will need to know which building door you are waiting at, but FYI that the front door near the roundabout is the easiest to identify.

FareStart:

FareStart provides a community that transforms lives by empowering homeless and disadvantaged men, women, and families to achieve self-sufficiency through life skills, job training and employment in the food service industry.

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