Volunteer Opportunities
Market Day Volunteer Opportunities:
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The Information Booth Volunteer: This position is great if you would like to chat with community members and guide customers’ experiences at the market. See full position description here.
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The EBT/Token Sales Volunteer: Volunteers at this booth are responsible for the sale of both EBT currencies and credit/debit tokens. See full position description here.
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SNAP Match/FMNP Sign Verification Volunteer: This volunteer checks daily on any qualifying vendors to make sure they have signs out to let customers know they can accept different currencies. See full position description here.
Market Program Volunteer Opportunities:
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Produce Pals Volunteer must love kids! Produce Pals activities engage kids in learning about local food systems and healthy eating. See full position description here.
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Market Box Volunteer assists with collecting items from our vendors on Saturdays and/or packing up all the orders and running baskets to customer vehicles on Sundays. See full position description here.
Other Volunteer Opportunities:
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The Special Skills Volunteer is unable to volunteer on a regular basis, but shares their expertise with the market in the areas of art, graphic design, photography, gardening, event planning, writing, media, research, data collection, etc.
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Volunteer Groups engage in one-time, annual, or quarterly volunteer opportunities with the market on larger, special projects
Vancouver Farmers Market Board of Directors
The Vancouver Farmer Market creates a better community by supporting a thriving small business economy for farms, food businesses, and makers, while providing programs and resources to ensure all in our community can access food and nutrition education. We operate a year-round market in Downtown Vancouver and a seasonal market in East Vancouver. The Vancouver Farmers Market Board of Directors, and its committee's, play an integral role in our continued success by applying their skills and experiences to ensure a strong and healthy organization that will continue to serve our community of shoppers and small businesses for years to come.
The board brings on 2-3 board members per year, based on position openings, but collects interest throughout the year. You can express your interest by using this form.
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