Volunteer
OPEN VOLUNTEER POSITIONS
We look forward to learning more about you! Please fill out our Volunteer Application, and a team member will contact you soon!
Assist Sprouts Cooking Club’s After School Program Instructors at classes
Sprouts is currently recruiting for some amazing volunteers to assist our After School Culinary Classes for the Winter 2017 series! In the spirit of the holiday season, volunteer at one (or however many you like!) after school class and help adorable kids learn the importance of cooking using REAL ingredients! You’ll get to work hands on with the kiddos teaching them exciting and fun recipes like gnocchi with sage pumpkin sauce, brown rice sushi with pickled vegetables and miso soup, and cinnamon apple preserves with homemade ricotta.
No formal cooking experience is required – just a love for working with kids and trying new recipes! A minimal amount of pre-class prep may be required. Having a car is preferable, however, transportation to the classes can be provided if needed!
Dates: Typically Jan-March (dates vary by school)
Time: Afternoons, approximately 2:30-4:30PM (timing varies by school)
Details: Classes run once a week with up to 12 kids ages 7-12
(we are also offering a Kindergarten class this season!)
Lessons change week-to-week and focus in seasonality and nutrition!
A car is preferred but not required
If you are interested in applying, please fill out the online application and email sydney.grange@sproutscookingclub.org for more details on dates and times!
Assist Sprouts Cooking Club’s Event Manager at our weekend in-restaurant classes and birthday parties
Time Commitment: Weekend events only, up to 4/hours an event
Description: This is the perfect opportunity for full-time students and professionals to give back to the community. See first-hand the inner core of a non-profit while hanging with local chefs, cooking with kids, and eating delicious food! As an Event Assistant, you will be assisting our Event Manager at our in-restaurant classes.
Requirements: No formal cooking experience is required – just a love for working with kids and trying new recipes!
Capture high-quality, professional photos from Sprouts Cooking Club programming to be used for marketing purposes, website, and outward communication.
Time Commitment: Up to 4 hours/week including shooting and editing
Description: This is the perfect opportunity for full-time students and professionals to gain experience and add to their portfolio. We rely on high-quality, professional photo documentation to express our narrative to our community. The photos will be sent to the chefs/restaurants participating in our program and the parents that have sent their kids to our classes. This is a great way to get your name out as a photographer and to be credited and published in online articles, magazines, and blogs.
Requirements: Experience in photography (as a hobby or professionally). Please submit your blog, portfolio, or any relevant materials.
In-office position that focuses on marketing, operations, and office support.
Time Commitment: 10-15 hours/week, flexible schedule
Description: We’re looking for highly organized and enthusiastic volunteers to work with us in our co-working space in Oakland. Responsibilities will include donation solicitation, social media management, and general office support duties.
Requirements: Strong organizational skills, familiarity and comfort with social media (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook), interest in community development.
Instruct or Assist our Culinary Nutrition Classes
Description: Sprouts is currently recruiting for some amazing volunteers to teach and assist our In-School Culinary Classes for the Summer series! Volunteer at one of our two in-school class series running this July and help adorable kids learn the importance of cooking using REAL ingredients! You’ll get to work hands on with the kiddos teaching them exciting and fun recipes like gnocchi with sage pumpkin sauce, brown rice sushi with pickled vegetables and miso soup, and cinnamon apple preserves with homemade ricotta.
No formal cooking experience is required – just a love for working with kids and trying new recipes! A minimal amount of pre-class prep may be required. Having a car is preferable.
Class Information:
| Class 1 | Class 2 |
|---|---|
| 12:00PM – 1:00PM | 8:30AM – 12:30PM |
| Monday – Friday, July 17th to August 4th | Monday – Friday, July 24th to July 28th |
| JEI Center, Millbrae CA | Haight Elementary, Alameda CA |
Details: Classes run Monday – Friday with up to 12 kids ages 7-12. Lessons change day-to-day and focus in seasonality and nutrition! If you are interested in applying, please email sophie@sproutscookingclub.org for more details on dates and times!
TESTIMONIALS FROM PAST VOLUNTEERS
“I volunteered with Sprouts this past summer and loved it! I work in the nutrition field and so I really enjoyed seeing kids learn the skills needed to get creative with food and live a healthy life. The kids are exposed to amazing chefs in the community and have so many first-rate experiences. The Sprouts team puts in an incredible amount of effort behind the scenes and also on a day to day basis at the cooking classes/camp.”
-Meghan C
“Volunteering with sprouts was an awesome experience. Very smooth volunteer process, I’ve done it several times. Upon arrival, their Operations Director provides an overview of the program and then kids start arriving. The chefs always are excited and we always make such delicious foods and learn so much about cooking and health. It’s always awesome to see a shy or nervous child’s personality emerge while cooking. Sprouts is doing really amazing and necessary work in our community.”
– Casey A.
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Sprouts Locations
169 11th street, San Francisco CA 94103
390 40th Street, Oakland, CA 94609