Adult Volunteer Opportunities
There are many ways that adults can volunteer at Ceres Community Project. We have volunteer jobs to fit nearly every area of interest and experience. Read on to find the right job for you, then come to our next orientation to get started.
Delivery Angel
Delivering the nutritious, bountiful food to our clients every week is a priceless job, one in which you experience face-to-face the magic of Ceres Community Project. Drivers pick up bags of food at the Ceres kitchen in Sebastopol on Wednesdays at 5:00pm or Friday at 9:00am, and then deliver to clients.
Client Liaison
These volunteers manage Ceres' relationship with a small number of clients, maintaining weekly contact to offer support, ensure that the meals we are sending meet their needs, and communicate any special requests or needs to the kitchen staff. If you have counseling or hospice training, or have personal, immediate experience with life-threatening illness, being a Client Liaison is a wonderful way to contribute.
Mentor Chefs
If you have professional, whole food, production cooking experience, we'd love to have you assist in the kitchen with our teens. You must love working with young people, have a sense of humor, and know that there are many different ways to chop an onion!
Other Kitchen Opportunities
We offer two additional opportunities for adults to work in the Ceres kitchen. On Thursdays from 9:30-11:30, the Product Prep group makes all the Supplemental Products that we offer our clients, such as Immune Broth and Vital Bites. On Mondays from 10-noon, another group of adults washes and chops veggies for that week's menu. Light cooking skills required.
Container Sterilizing Team
Each Tuesday from 9-11 am, a group of dedicated volunteers meet at the Ceres kitchen. They work as a team to organize, sterilize, dry and restack each of our containers and jars so they can be refilled with beautiful, delicious and nutritious food for our clients each week.
Food Procurement
Local farms and markets donate almost all of the organic produce we use. Help discover more sources of food, or pick up food at various locations, such as Whole Foods Market and local farms.
Healing Foods Cooking Course Assistant
We offer a series of classes for those recovering from serious illness. The course assistant supports the smooth running of the class, while experiencing a lively, informative, and nurturing environment. Kitchen and whole foods experience required.
Mentor Gardeners
Working alongside teens in our new Ceres Community Garden can be a very rewarding job. Teens are responsible for every aspect of the garden from soil to table: preparing beds, planting, watering, weeding and harvesting the produce for client meals. Adult mentors help orient teens and share their experience to guide teens who are new to growing food.
Gardening
Join our gardening volunteer team either at the Ceres building or at the Ceres Community Garden behind O'Reilly Media. We have both landscaping and vegetable gardens to help grow and nurture. Both novice and experienced gardeners are welcome.
Events
Help plan, coordinate and/or staff a Ceres event, such as our major Annual Fundraiser, Harvest of the Heart, or our monthly Tea & Talk program. Opportunities include procuring auction items, assisting with pre-event registration and logistics, and day of event jobs such as set-up and breakdown, food preparation and service, registration and check out.
Office/Development & Reception
Receptionists staff our front desk Monday – Thursday 10:00-1:00 or 1:00-4:00. They greet visitors, answer phones, take messages, do light data entry and mailings, and other office functions.
Other office opportunities include IT support, grant-writing, development assistance and special projects.
ADULT VOLUNTEERS
2013 Volunteer
Orientation Evenings
Ceres Community Project
7351 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol
Orientations held
on Tuesdays
5:30 to 6:30pm
February 19
May 21
August 20
October 15
Check the Teen Page for teen orientation dates.
The kitchen is located at
7351 Bodega Ave in Sebastopol.
Our new home shares the parking lot with the Sebastopol Fire Station.
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"I feel so uplifted around the Ceres staff and volunteers, young and old, who are showing up to support the community in healing together. It inspires me; it is the world I choose to live in."
Jen Swanson
"I pick up gleaned produce from Whole Foods and deliver it to Ceres every Tuesday morning. It always feels like a miracle... my little piece of the big picture that adds up to healthy, home cooked meals for Ceres clients."
Peggy Tourje