Volunteer Sign-up Form
We need you, in order to fulfill our mission of creating a place of equality where everyone with different abilities and resources will have the opportunity to eat healthy, homemade food in a warm and welcoming environment.
You are a key component to the success of Essentials Cafe!
Thank YOU for whatever time or resources you can share!
Please complete the volunteer form. We will do our best to schedule you for the time and job that you have chosen.
Volunteer Jobs
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Assistant to CookList Item 1
Assist cook with food prep in West Side Kitchen. Includes helping make entree and soup of the day.
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Counter PersonList Item 2
Welcome customers. Explain options on ways to give. Treat all guest with dignity and repsect. Take orders. Enter orders in POS systems. Takes payments. You will be trained on all aspects of this position.
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Cafe KitchenList Item 3
Fills orders. Make sandwiches. Plate entree, build salad bowl, etc.
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Cafe ServerList Item 4
Serves food to customer. This role involves being hospitable and welcoming. Buidling connections with customers is key to our success.
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Hostess
Welcome customers. You are the first person our guest will meet. Being a greeter involves explaning a little bit about Essentials Cafe and how a "Pay as you Can" Cafe works (You will be trained on this). Mingle and get to know our community!
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Runner/Buser
Mutlitasking is key in this position. You may be removing dishes from tables, walking across parking lot to pick up supplies from the main kitchen, or "run" order tickets into cafe kitchen.
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Dishwasher
Run dishwasher in cafe kitchen. Wash pots and pans in West Side Kitchen.
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Kitchen Prep
A group of folks that will be preparing ingredients, to be used in soups, entrees, sandwiches. This may also include some baking. This will take place in the West Side Kitchen.