(20.03.2019)
Dear volunteers,
Serve the City welcomes you to come and help your local community this spring!
Montbrillant soup kitchen
STCG needs additional volunteers for the soup kitchen at the Jardin de Montbrillant (behind Gare Cornavin). We need more volunteers to commit to alternate Tuesdays from 9am to 1pm. Additionally, it would be great to have a couple of standby volunteers on board to step up when needed.
Please sign up today! When you sign up, let us know in the “Comments” section whether you wish to be a regular volunteer or a standby volunteer.
The next soup kitchen is on Tuesday 26 March.
Le 5ème Jour
Saturdays from April to June
Le 5ème Jour (“The 5th Day”) restaurant opened in Eaux-Vives in 2018, combining innovative cuisine, healthy and sustainable food and humanitarian principles. From Tuesday to Friday, it functions as a regular restaurant. On Saturdays (i.e. the fifth day), the chef provides a free gastronomic meal exclusively for those in need: refugees, the homeless and the disadvantaged.
We are looking for 10 volunteers to join our team of Serve the City helpers for April, May and June. Each week, two volunteers will help to serve the meal and interact with guests, making them feel welcome and giving them a chance to tell their stories. One of the two volunteers needs to speak French, and other languages are also useful.
Volunteers will have the opportunity to serve on 3 or 4 Saturdays during the 3-month period. If interested, please sign up on the Serve The City website.
– A Project Liaison Manager is being sought for this project, to be the contact point with the charity organisations who invite the guests who participate each week. French and English required. If this could be you, please mention your interest in the comments section of the event’s sign-up page.
Bellevue Zoo project
The Parc-Challandes.ch zoo in Bellevue needs our help! This facility was established with the goal of introducing school children to a wide variety of animals and rehabilitating injured animals. We have two projects coming up during which we will help to set up appropriate natural enclosures for the animals.
Saturday 13 April, 9am – 1pm (5-8 people), lemur enclosure:
- We need people with plenty of energy and basic woodworking skills (tools will be provided but extra saws would be appreciated).
- Please bring your own lunch, but drinks and snacks will be provided.
Saturday 25 May, 9am – 1pm (6-8 people), parrot enclosure:
- Deconstruction of branches and positioning of new ones.
- Please bring your own lunch, but drinks and snacks will be provided.
La Garenne zoo
Wednesday 17 April, 9.30am to 3.30pm,
La Garenne is another wildlife rescue park in the mountains over Nyon. This project makes a great place for a family outing, contributing to the park’s development and maintenance in various ways. A variety of tasks are on offer, including planting, cleaning, installing drainage pipes and more. We are looking for about 10 volunteers. Lunch will be provided, and anyone who can only make a half-day will also be welcome.
Stay tuned more springtime events…