Thursday, December 1, 2011

Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer to help those in need at God's Love We Deliver. God's Love We Deliver's mission is to improve the health and well-being of men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other serious illnesses by alleviating hunger and malnutrition. We prepare and deliver nutritious, high-quality meals to people who, because of their illness, are unable to provide or prepare meals for themselves.  To volunteer, please contact GLWD at (212) 294-8158 or volunteer@glwd.org.  God's Love We Deliver is located at 166 Avenue of the Americas (at Spring Street) in NYC.  More information about the organization can be found at http://www.godslovewedeliver.org/.

The City Harvest Nutrition Education Department has a number of short and long term volunteer opportunities that you can get involved with! Opportunities include: Cooking Demonstrations to provide ideas for healthy, delicious, affordable, and locally sourced meals. Shopping Matters Tours, where volunteers lead participants through the aisles of a supermarket and explain affordable and healthy shopping.  Smartbites, nutrition activities targeted towards kids, teens, adults and senior citizens. The activities involve basic nutrition messages, information about healthy cooking and food budgeting tips. Cooking Matters Courses: 6-week cooking and nutrition education courses designed by Share Our Strength. Courses are available for adults, caregivers and children, children alone, teens, and pregnant teens.  City Harvest Branded: An 8-week cooking and nutrition education program that teaches people the health benefits and value of produce, along with how to purchase, store and prepare it. Learn more at an upcoming training session: Wednesday January 11, 5:30-7:30 PM. Location: City Harvest (575 Eighth Avenue, 4th Floor, at 38th Street). If interested please RSVP to Brittany Erdman at berdman@cityharvest.org or at 917-351-8792. Space is limited.

Volunteer at the James Beard Foundation.  The James Beard Foundation offers current culinary students and alumni the opportunity to work side by side with some of the best culinary minds in the world through our Kitchen Volunteer Program. Students and alumni can enhance their own skills, work with rare ingredients, and learn about wine and beverage pairings, all while networking with the exclusive cadre of chefs who pass through the Beard House kitchen on a daily basis.  For kitchen volunteer guidelines and application, please visit http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=a8wvhybab&et=1108902137310&s=45406&e=001ikINAhOKO27aWeL1RT1Db0MKP8DDNtRoGrmbrogbt10PTkqzMTgdnwBI6_neVqOA9iIMcbHE0oOoerFLiEaet-ESLDWAcC0P7rjzloevrhy7xw4cNsObumV5rXE-N36t1T8DQ0QwgChLwKa2ViOpCQ==.

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