Our goal is to bring our community together with local farmers, artisans and food vendors to provide a wonderful marketplace experience in Millwood.
Volunteering is a vital part of our market and provides a fun way to meet and participate with our local community.
In an effort to help you determine what volunteering for our market might look like (skills utilized and time commitment) below are descriptions of some of the market activities:
Market Day Help – set up or take down: Time commitment 1-2 hours before; 1-2 hours after
Setting up and/or taking down signs, banners and flags around Millwood on market days. Suitable for someone that can lift and transport sandwich board signs, feather flags and put up banners. All equipment provided. Lifting weight approx. 30-40 lbs.
Two Bite Club Activity Attendant
Most weeks of the market season we offer a whole food sample based on what is in season at the market. This is an opportunity to sample fresh produce purchased directly from our farm vendors and try fruits and vegetables that they have not tried before or think they don’t like.
Requirements for this position:
Food Handler’s Permit preferred
Pass a background check
Arrive by 2:45pm to the farmers market
Stay until 7:15pm to clean up the activity
4.5 hours total time per volunteer shift is needed
KERNEL Children’s Activities – Time commitment 4.5 hours during (2:45pm to 7:15pm)
Every week we offer an activity to engage with our market kids. This activity is developed and sponsored by Catholic Charities and several other local sponsor. Each participating child receives a $2 KERNEL buck to purchase a fruit or vegetable from the farmers market, a recipe card to take home, and participates in the activity of the day.
Delivering this activity and engaging with the youth is the primary responsibility of this volunteer. The activities include exercise, arts & crafts, nutritional education, gardening, and science type topics.
Requirements for this position:
Pass a background check
Arrive by 2:45pm to the farmers market
Stay until 7:15pm to clean up the activity
4.5 hours total time per volunteer shift is needed
Special Projects at the Farmers Market
The Two Bite Club and Cooking demonstrations are unique to the Millwood Farmers market and are two years in progress. They are still developing as programs and with that we have a need for content development and design opportunities.
Anyone wanting to help with developing these projects would work directly with the market manager and we would design the work to match both the needs of the farmers market and the skills you have.
Other projects are available also, these are just two of many things that happen at the farmers market.
Projects Could Include:
Photography
Graphic Design
Website Design
Marketing
Art and Drawing
Customer Service and Market Helper
Requirements for this position:
Pass a background check
Arrive by 2:45pm to the farmers market
Stay until 7:15pm to help clean up
4.5 hours total time per volunteer shift is needed
Door Hangers in Millwood and the Surrounding Communities
We have several thousand door hangers to distribute as part of our marketing plan for the farmer’s market. This project is great for groups or individuals that want to give back to the community without a big commitment of time. May and June are the best time for this project, dates can be determined based on volunteer availability.
The task is the physical distribution of the door hangers to a designated neighborhood. While most residents don’t come out when placing this flyer on their door, volunteers should be prepared to say hello and engage if the resident does. The goal is to tell people about the farmers market, when and where in order to increase attendance and purchases at the farmers market.
Cooking Demonstration Chef
We host several cooking demonstrations throughout the season. The chef on duty prepares the menu item on site at the farmers market and distributes samples to people at the market. The recipe is provided to take home and the chef answers questions about cooking and basic culinary skills needed to prepare this dish. This person should like cooking and enjoy talking with the public.
Requirements for this position:
Food Handler’s Permit
Pass a background check
Arrive by 2:30pm to the farmers market
Stay until 7:30pm to clean up the activity
5 hours total time per volunteer shift is needed
Strategic planning /Board support – Time commitment varies
Participate in vision and long-term planning for the Millwood market; help set goals and objectives; provide assistance on market days as needed. Board meetings at least once per quarter; market assistance could be 2-4 hours/week but will vary based on need and schedule. May be subject to successful background check.
Grant Research/writing/fundraising- Time commitment varies
Check into potential grants or sponsors for Millwood market. Successful candidates have good research and communication skills or grant writing experience.