Food Safe certification and experience preparing a meals for 25-30 people are an asset!
Community Lunches at Gordon House are an opportunity for community members to enjoy a meal together, meet new people, and catch up with friends in a casual environment. The nutritious, low-cost lunches are made possible by a great group of volunteers who prepare, set-up for, serve, and clean-up after the lunch.
Vision: As a place-based community organization, we work alongside our community, sister organizations, local businesses and policy-makers to animate and support dynamic programs, services and initiatives that respond to the needs and dreams of the community.
Mission: Gordon Neighbourhood House strives to ensure that the West End of Vancouver is a vibrant and active community, where everyone is empowered to play an active role in civil society.
Gordon Neighbourhood House offers a wide variety of programs (many of which are related to food).
Gordon Neighbourhood House uses food to nourish our community in a variety of ways, including the facilitation of intercultural exchange and dialogue, community capacity-building, and community development.
An understanding that food brings us together and can act as vehicle for community-building.
A recognition that all members of our community have a Right to Food based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, while also acknowledging that we as a community enjoy various levels of access to food.
A commitment to sharing fresh, non-expired, healthy, and locally-sourced food whenever possible.
A commitment to sharing food that is nutrient-dense, low in refined sugar and sodium, and not overly-processed.
A commitment to working toward increased access to food for those who are nutritionally vulnerable.
A commitment to providing opportunities for increased food literacy and community capacity-building for our neighbours.
A commitment to sharing foods that reflect the diversity of our community, city, country and world.
An awareness of the impact that our food choices have on the environment.
A commitment to the reduction of our organizational ecological footprint by minimizing packaging and ongoing composting.
Support for the development of urban farms and healthy food cooperatives.
Orientation will consist of helping to set-up for and serve community lunch (at least one) at Gordon House in order to get oriented to the kitchen, the chef, the House, and the community.
The importance to seniors and other community members of having a safe, welcoming place to enjoy a community meal that is healthy and affordable.
Good sense of what goes into running a community lunch program at a non-profit neighbourhood association.
This page was last edited on 7 September 2016, at 06:59.