Volunteering at DC Central Kitchen- RSVP!!

[DC Food For All]

Join DC Food for All folks for an evening volunteer shift at DC Central Kitchen!  This is going to be an awesome event, so RSVP soon so that we know how many folks are coming!

Thursday May 13, 5-8pm

425 Second Street NW

We'll kick things off with a short discussion about DCCK's efforts to source local produce from 5-5:30. Then we'll get to prepping! 

During co-op shifts, volunteers help prep fresh produce from local farms for use in the 4,500 meals that the Kitchen distributes each day to clients at shelters and other social-service areas. 

DC Central Kitchen has made great strides in recent years in sourcing local produce whenever possible. To supplement donations, DCCK purchased more than 50,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables from local farms last summer and fall – and saved money while doing so. 

In addition to prepping produce for the next day’s meals,  evening volunteers vacuum seal vegetables to freeze and use in the winter and help make homemade healthy snacks for clients at after-school programs. The staff members who supervise our evening volunteers graduated from DCCK’s Culinary Job Training program, which prepares men and women in transition for careers in the culinary industry.

RSVP to dcfood...@gmail.com.

Directions: DC Central Kitchen is located on the ground floor of the Federal City Shelter at 425 Second Street NW. The Federal City Shelter is a three story gray building on the southeast corner of Second and E Streets NW.

Please note that the Central Kitchen cannot be entered from Second Street. The entrance to the Central Kitchen is at the back of this building, down the service road off of E Street NW and is marked by a large sign. It looks like a service/delivery entrance

 

Volunteering requirements

Dress Code: To work in the kitchen volunteers must wear

    * long pants

    * closed-toed shoes

    * shirts with sleeves (short sleeves are okay, tank tops are not)

    * midriff shirts are not allowed

Due to health-code regulations, volunteers who do not follow this dress code cannot work in the Kitchen.

 

A pre-shift orientation is given for volunteers. Please arrive 15 minutes early (8:45 for morning volunteers and 4:45 for evening Co-op volunteers) so that we may begin on time.

 

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