Help us Clean our Neighbourhood House!

The grassroots, secular DTES Neighbourhood House (DTESNH) aims to provide a dignified welcoming space for our neighbours to participate in various community inspired programs, as well as leadership, social, and recreational opportunities.

We are looking for volunteers to help us do a deep clean of the DTESNH. This includes cleaning spaces such as: kitchen, pantries, fridges, freezers, kids toys and play area, etc. This is an unpaid position. Staff will lead the clean and guide volunteers throughout the shift.

REQUIREMENTS:
- understanding and support of the DTES Neighbourhood House's mission and philosophies
- ability to work respectfully with people of diverse backgrounds and experiences
- ability to stay until the very end of the shift to help with cleanup
- ability to work with a team and help each other
- ability to stand for periods of time (we take breaks as needed and some tasks can be done while sitting)

ASSETS:
- experience with cleaning
- lived/living experience, and/or work or volunteer experience in the DTES
- ability to speak multiple languages (especially Cantonese, Mandarin, Farsi or Arabic)
- Foodsafe certification
- sense of humour is always an asset :)

APPLY ONLINE HERE: https://bttr.im/1lrg5
Contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Brittany at volunteer@dtesnhouse.ca if you have any questions about this role.

About the DTES Neighbourhood House:
Our mission is to provide opportunities for residents to meaningfully engage with and contribute to their community in an equitable atmosphere of sharing and learning. The secular, grassroots Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House (DTES NH) embraces people of all ancestries, genders, ages and descriptions; annually welcoming almost 9,000 DTES residents in a community where 70% of our neighbours have low‐incomes, 700 are homeless and 5,000 are under-housed. Those who built the DTES NH put the Right to Food at the heart of our work, as nutritional vulnerability was a theme familiar to all. Our goal around the Right to Food is to reform the nutritional impact, quality, abundance and delivery of food in the DTES in consultation with residents, community food providers, non‐food community organizations, healthcare professionals, policy makers, growers/suppliers, food/beverage industry professionals and researchers. Learn more about our organization & programs at dtesnhouse.ca