Needs From: MC Serves!

Shepherd’s Table is seeking volunteers to assist students in its Culinary Skills Training Program with life skills including study skills, job readiness,  resumes and job search skills.  We have immediate openings for volunteers, who will work with students for one or two hours per week, starting in mid-October.  Most classes will be held at Silver Spring United Methodist Church (8900 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD).  

The new Culinary Skills Training Program provides community members facing multiple barriers, such as low wages, a lack of real-life skills, or a lack of opportunities, with a path to pursue a career in the food service industry.  Students attend 12 weeks of culinary and life skills training, followed by a 4-week externship.  Volunteers will assist culinary skills students with job search skills including resumes and online applications. 

QUALIFICATIONS 

·                  Teaching, training, or facilitation experience, particularly with adults

·                  2 years' experience working with adults who have had a wide variety of life experiences

·                  Empathy, patience, flexibility

·                  Experience assisting unemployed or underemployed adults with resume development and job search skills.  

Please send an email summarizing your interest, availability and qualifications to cstp@shepherdstable.org. 

We welcome volunteers 13 and older. Those under 16 years old must be accompanied by an adult chaperone. 

Student participation in this service project is at the discretion of the student’s parent/guardian  and must be completed outside of school hours. The nonprofit organization is responsible for maintaining student safety. Parents/guardians should contact the nonprofit directly with any questions and/or concerns.

(SSL hours are not available for this activity)

Make bagged lunches for Shepherd’s Table to help provide food for our guests.   Below are detailed instructions for donating either sandwiches or bagged lunches, as well as for either delivering them or having Silver Spring Cares pick them up at your house/apartment.

Many guests are looking for food to go, and Shepherd’s Table could use some ready-made lunches to hand out.  

If you are able to assemble some lunches and drop them off at Shepherd’s Table at 8106 Georgia Ave, right behind the Fire Station, Shepherd’s Table and its guests would be very grateful! 

Lunches should consist of 

If you’re not able to assemble lunches but could drop off some sandwiches and/or paper lunch bags, that would be wonderful, too.We welcome donations Monday through Friday 8:30 to 11:00am and 1:00 to 4:30pm.  On weekends from 8:30 to 9:30 and 1:00 to 4:30

right behind the Fire Station in downtown Silver Spring.

You can find out more about Shepherd’s Table and other opportunities to contribute at shepherdstable.org. 

Shepherd’s Table has a wish list on Amazon in case you’d like to use it to support the organization. Please find the wish list at  https://www.shepherdstable.org/donate/ (bottom left under “Donation of Goods”).