Volunteer Opportunities
We welcome volunteers at Gorge Grown!
Folks often ask us: what can I do to help?
The answer: LOTS!
One of the best things you can do for Gorge Grown, and for local food and farms, is spread the word:
-- Tell your family and friends about your favorite local farmers' market or farm stand, or a fun event you attended like Food Forum or Feast on the Farm —and invite them to join you next time.
-- Send an email to your contacts with a link to our website.
-- Give a gift of supporting membership - or a GGFN t-shirt - for birthdays and holidays.
-- Make a tribute contribution for a special friend or loved one.
-- Visit our Facebook page, post ideas and feedback on our wall, and become a fan.
-- Share a copy of Who's Your Farmer? with friends, coworkers, and family.
If you live in The Dalles, Mosier or Stevenson, we encourage you to join one of our regional leadership teams. In 2010 we piloted a Community Food Leaders program that gave folks the tools to take local action on community food issues! We hope to expand this program to the entire Gorge in early 2011.
Don't live in The Dalles, Mosier or Stevenson but still want to help out?
We have lots and lots of tasks that can benefit from volunteer energy. Our farmers' market is always in need of smiling faces at the info booth, our office is always in need of generous filing and mailing help, and events like our annual Feast on the Farm absolutely depend on dozens of dedicated servers, setters-up, and so on. Here's a partial list of opportunities:
Gorge Grown Farmers' Market
Info booth cashier and helper
Setup / breakdown assistant
Flyer postering
Music and kids' activity coordinating
Customer surveying
Food bank and meal site donation help
Gorge Grown Mobile Market
Outreach / flyer postering
Market assistant on site
Food bank and meal site donation help
Who's Your Farmer?
Farmer listing update calls
Layout, design, writing, editing
Ad sales
Help distributing and ensuring WYF copies stay stocked regionally!
Farm to Food Bank
Food bank and meal site donation help
Gleaning assistance
Office Tasks / General Outreach
Database updates
Office filing
Website updates and resource additions
Grantwriting assistance and research
... and anything else you can think of!
Here's what to do download our VOLUNTEER APPLICATION and then - send it back to us! Have a particular skill to offer? Bookkeeping? Graphic design? Meeting facilitation? We are always just thrilled to have in-kind skilled volunteers! Want to talk to a real person about a great volunteer idea you have? Please call us!
Interested in a more significant involvement? An internship, perhaps? Contact us to discuss.
