Hello, everyone! Thank you for considering volunteering at the Holiday Sale 2024. With volunteers like you, we can reach more customers and fill more orders--consequently increasing profits earned for Cocoon House. 

 

Before Signing-Up:

 

1. Be 13 or older (16+ if volunteering for “Delivery Driver”)

2. Fill out application form: https://forms.gle/bJV2RZ39vci5kymA6 (also on website & insta)

3. Be responsible and a good communicator

*4. Sign-Up with Volunteering Organization (if obtaining hours for outside organization)

*5. Obtain a Food Handler’s License (if volunteering for “Kitchen Assistant” or “Decorator”

*6. Have a Valid Driver’s License (if volunteering for “Delivery Driver”)

 

Need to Know Information:

 

1. After filling out the application form, you will receive an email with details regarding volunteering and important dates. Make sure to read this email carefully.

 

2. If you are volunteering for “Kitchen Assistant”, “Decorator”, “Order Coordinator”, or “Packager”, please try to attend ONE training session to help you prepare to fulfill your role to the fullest. These sessions will be on 11/18, 11/19, and 11/20. These training sessions are not mandatory, but HIGHLY recommended. 

 

3. Please be ON TIME to your volunteering shift. If you aren’t able to be on-time, please contact us digitally and then in-person--when you arrive. Sometimes, if all tasks are done before the end of the shift’s time parameters, you may be released early from a volunteer position. 

 

4. Dress Code: If volunteering for “Kitchen Assistant” or “Decorator”, please make sure you wear clothes appropriate for the kitchen and that you are okay with getting a little dirty. If you have long hair, please wear it up and tidy. Also, please bring a clean apron--if you have one; if you don’t have an apron, we will provide extra aprons. Additionally, we will provide gloves and additional food safety equipment. If volunteering for “Delivery Driver”, please make sure to wear clothes appropriate for interacting with customers. We want to show our customers that we care and are professional, so that they will be more likely to support us again.

 

5. Be Responsible: Although we encourage you to socialize with other volunteers and members of the executive team, we have strict order and sale deadlines that we need to make. This means that we need you to work hard and use your time well. Therefore, if any volunteers are consistently disruptive, rude and/or majorly slow down our progress, they will receive a consequence. This consequence may be a message to an outside volunteering organization to invalidate hours or the banning of a volunteer from participating in our volunteering sessions. 

 

6. Make sure to check-in with us before signing out for  a volunteer shift, especially if you are leaving earlier than the end of your shift. This is so we know what help we currently have and so we can communicate the amount of hours you participated to any outside organizations. 

 

7. Cancellation: Sometimes, if help is no longer needed, a volunteering session may be canceled. This will be communicated by email to volunteers and to outside organizations. Two days before your volunteering session, check for an email either confirming the event or providing a reason for its cancellation. If you need to cancel your volunteering shift for any reason, please contact us and--if needed--your outside organization two days prior to the shift.

 

8. Communication: You can reach us through Instagram, by email, or by text mainly. For concerns regarding volunteering, Joshua will reach out to you. Our instagram is @bakerboybakedgoods, our email is bbbakedgoods1@gmail.com, and our phone number is 425-585-8555. 

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Roles & Tasks:

• Kitchen Assistant: Interprets recipes, mise en place recipes, makes cookie dough, makes homemade hot cocoa, makes confections, makes pumpkin cheesecake, and shapes & bakes cookies

• Decorator: Makes royal icing, checks products for visual qualities, and decorates cookies

• Order Coordinator: Prints, annotates, communicates, and files customer orders

• Packager: Packages baked goods, creates displays for Hot Cocoa Sales, and packs up orders

• General Help: Helps with inventory, cleaning the kitchen, prepping & running Hot Cocoa Sales, and other organizational tasks

• Delivery Driver: Delivers complete orders to customers in the community

 

To find out more information about volunteer roles, why to volunteer, and expectations for volunteering, please visit our website: www.bbbakesgoods.com 

 

***NOTE: If volunteering at one of the 12-4 PM shifts for the Hot Cocoa Days, make sure to check your email in November for specific locations and more information on those volunteering shifts. Also, please keep in mind that you will be interacting directly with our customers--so be on your best behavior.