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Populations Served
- Youth
Competencies/Skills
- Accountability
- Empathy
- Leadership
- Teamwork
Lunch Program
Quick info about the program:
- Provides a free daily lunch for high school students.
- In partnership with local businesses and food banks, youth receive scheduled hot meals, or grab and go lunches to take back to school.
What a typical lunch program looks like:
- Volunteers arrive at the scheduled prep time (this can vary depending on the day as some meals are provided by local restaurants, and some meals are cooked in house.)
- Team has a quick meeting to discuss the day, and gets the meal and space ready for youth.
- Youth arrive at 11:30am, where they are checked in or registered at our front desk.
- Meals are served as youth arrive.
- Youth either take a meal to go, or stay if time and regulations permit.
- Once all youth have left, the team has a quick debrief meeting, then clean up for the next program to start.
Volunteer Duties
- Prep and serve lunches for youth attendees.
- Help supervise the facility and its participants.
- Assist youth signing in at the check-in desk.
- Registering new youth and actively engaging youth while they participate in the program.
Age Requirements
Must be 18 years old and above
Schedule
- Monday to Fridays (11pm-12:45pm)
- Volunteers can pick as minimum as one shift per week.
Time Commitment
Continuing commitment
Type of Opportunity
Food Preparation & Distribution
Application Type
Advanced
Other Opportunities with Youth One
A core program at Youth One, the after school drop in exists to give youth a safe, fun, empowering and mentoring environment during after school hours.
Program features optional/organized activities, computer lab, art room, mini ramp (skateboarding), climbing wall, table games, concession, daily meal/snack and more.
What a typical drop-in looks like:
- Volunteers come in for a team meeting 15 minutes before the program starts.
- Roles within the day are handed out, and any items/announcements for the day are communicated.
- Doors open for youth at 3pm, here they sign in through our check-in system, or any new youth are registered.
- 30 minutes after opening, we have a “family meeting” where we go over the 3 golden rules, and let youth know about the planned activities and snacks.
- After the family meeting, a snack/meal is served, planned activities take place and free time follows.
- At the end of Drop-In, all volunteers are expected to stay at least 30 minutes to clean and have a debrief meeting.
Looking for volunteers passionate about sports.
If you are into physical activity, this might be for you. But if you don’t, there is a place for you as well supporting the program.
Thanks for your interest in this volunteer position!
We'll just need a bit of information so we can pass your application along to Youth One.
Volunteers can sign up for up to 3 continuing commitment opportunities for immediate referrals. If you signed up for more than 3, a Volunteer Lethbridge staff member will connect with you before making new referrals.