| Primary Contact: |
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Jordan Gevers, (email)
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| Position title: |
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Board Connections Position |
| Description: |
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Seattle Youth Garden Works empowers homeless and under-served youth through garden-based education and employment. We are a market gardening program for youth ages 14-21 in the University District. Our goals are to connect youth to housing, health care, education, jobs and community.
We are currently looking for new Board Members who will contribute their unique skills and talents to a diverse working board. If you have Accounting, Finance, Web Design, Marketing, Fund-raising, Program Development, Farming or Agriculture skills, we would like to speak with you! The typical time commitment is 10-16 hours per month. We also have a number of committees that are looking for lessor time commitments as well. These include our Annual Auction Committee, Fund Raising and Volunteer Committees.
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| Type of board position: |
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Advisory Board |
| The process for selecting or nominating members: |
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Please give us a call if you are interested in participating in this unique organization that connects local youth to the community.
Call board member: Clay Swidler for more information. (206) 669-4653
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| The organization provides a formal orientation to new members: |
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Yes |
| Languages: |
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English |
| Skills and Expertise: |
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Accounting / Auditing
Fundraising
Nonprofit
Organizational Development
Public Relations
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| Human Services: |
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Crime Prevention
Homelessness
Youth/Teens
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| Environment and Animals: |
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Botanical/Horticultural
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