St. John's Kitchen

Each day, St. John's Kitchen feeds approximately 300 people. Only because of the many volunteers at St. John's Kitchen does this wonderful project succeed. Volunteers are needed for:

Set-up of room in morning Food preparation Serving on food line Kitchen clean-up Dishwashing Wall washing

Washing tables and chairs Floor washing Window washing Bathrooms Outside cleanup Coffee pots

Location: 97 Victoria Street North
Times: Volunteers are required from 8:00am - 2:30pm each weekday
To Volunteer: Contact Jennifer at (519) 745-8928 or fax her at (519) 743-9452.

Maurita's Kitchen

The kitchen offers a practical learning environment, where volunteers make all the meals for Queen Street Commons from scratch using fresh whole foods. Volunteers are needed for:

• Kitchen Help
  Duties include:
• food preparation for the café, gaining food safety training
• baking breads and desserts
• possibility to help with outdoor, wood-fired bake oven (summer)
• gain experience in operating large-scale kitchen erquipment

Queen Street Commons

Queen Street Commons is a volunteer-run café at 43 Queen St. South that offers a local, organic, vegetarian menu, community events, music nights, and a unique gift shop. We are looking for:

• Customer and Food Service volunteers
  Duties include:
• handling cash/sales of café and gift shop items
• Taking orders and handling customer inquiries
• Making coffee and specialty coffees
• Food-Prep volunteers
  Duties include:
• preparing light meals, salads, and sandwiches in the café
• Serving food to customers, presentation of food
• Making coffee and specialty drinks
• Kitchen Help/Runner Volunteers
  Duties include:
• Bussing tables, dishwashing
• Maintaining café displays, pricing items, making café signs
• Cart prepared foods from Maurita’s Kitchen to the café
• Helping distribute promotional materials

Recycle Cycles

Recycle Cycles is a bicycle resource centre which provides inexpensive, reconditioned bicycles for children and adults and facilities for individuals to repair their own bikes. Volunteers have the opportunity to learn about bike repair by helping to fix bikes donated to Recycle Cycles.

Location: 43 Queen Street South
Times: Thursdays 1:00pm - 4:00pm and Fridays 11:00am - 2:00pm.
To Volunteer: Contact Jesse at (519) 749-9177 ext. 222.

Computer Recycling

Computer Recycling gives computers a second life, providing people with access to affordable computers. Volunteers can learn about computer hardware by helping to repair donated computers.

Location: 58 Queen Street South (entrance on Charles St.)
Times: Tuesday-Friday from 10am-6pm, and Saturdays from 10am-4pm.
To Volunteer: Contact Charles at (519) 743-1151 ext. 225.

Sewing Space

Sewing Space offers beginner and advanced sewing classes. Volunteers assist with learning the machines, working from patterns, and sewing techniques. Those with experience are invited to assist with classes.

Location: 58 Queen Street South
Times: Mondays 9:00-12:00, Tuesdays 9:00-12:00, 12:30-3:30, Thursdays 12:30-3:30. To Volunteer: Contact Margaret at (519) 749-9177 ext. 232.

Worth a Second Look Furniture and Housewares

Worth a Second Look is a thrift shop that provides the community with very low-cost used furniture and assorted houseware items. Volunteers are needed for:

• Customer Service / Cashier
  Duties include:
• Handling cash/sales of merchandise
• Dealing with customer inquiries
• Product Pricing
  Duties include:
• Determining pricing for new donations
• Arranging items on store shelves
• Driving
  Duties include:
• Driving a truck to deliver furniture
• Lifting and loading heavy furniture on and off the truck
Volunteers must:
• have valid driver’s license

Paperkräf

Paperkräf offers a way for you to volunteer while still doing something creative. We make handmade paper, marble, and make other papercrafts to sell in the Queen Street Commons gift shop, and for special orders. Papermaking lessons are provided.

Location: 43 Queen Street South
Times: Monday and Wednesdays from 1:00pm-5:00pm
To Volunteer: Contact Misha at (519) 749-9177 ext. 238.

Job Search Resource Centre

The Working Centre's Job Search Resource Centre offers a range of supports to individuals seeking work including employment counselling, job search workshops, and supports for new Canadians. Our Employment Resource Centre provides two key volunteer roles:

• Host
  Duties Include:
  • Assisting with reception and hospitality
  • providing practical access to faxing, photocopying, and use of centre resources
• Computer Support
  Duties Include:
  • Assisting people using our public access computers in their use of the Internet, e-mail, word processing, etc.
  • Helping people to link people to employment cousellors and other centre resources

BarterWorks

BarterWorks is a local trading organization of individuals, businesses and community groups. Members trade goods and services through the exchange of barter currency or a combination of barter currency and Canadian dollars. Volunteers are welcomed to assist with various administrative tasks.

Location: 43 Queen Street South
To Volunteer: Contact Margaret at (519) 749-9177 ext. 232.