Slow Food® Utah

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Slow Food Utah welcomes your involvement.  Please contact Slow Food Utah by e-mail if you are interested in getting involved in general, or specifically with any of the volunteer opportunities listed here.

Specific Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities

• May 15 & 16, 2007

  Slow Food Utah – Slow Food in Schools

  Slow Food Utah is looking for volunteers to help with the Slow Food in Schools program, presently on–going at Riley Elementary School in the Salt Lake City School District. The Slow Food in Schools Program teaches taste education which includes introducing children to different varieties of foods and includes some cooking skills lessons.

  If you are interested in helping teach the classes, classes are set for 2007 on January 9 &10, February 13 & 14, March 13 & 14, April 17 & 18, and May 15 & 16 from 4:00 to 5:00, with 15 minutes before & after for preparation and clean–up. Please contact Slow Food Utah by e–mail.

  (Teachers who are interested in adopting this program for their schools are invited to get involved too.)

  Further information:

• Slow Food USA’s "Slow Food in Schools" program.
• Alice Waters’ "Slow Food, Slow Schools: Transforming Education through a School Lunch Curriculum" provides a good background on the thinking behind this program.
• For more information on the "Slow Food in Schools" program, to inquire about hosting the Slow Food in Schools program in your school, or to volunteer please e-mail Slow Food Utah.
• May 19, 2007 — 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

  "Springfest 2007" at Red Butte Gardens

  Slow Food Utah is seeking volunteers to help host a table at Springfest 2007. Volunteers are needed in two–hour shifts from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with someone also helping 15 minutes before and after with set–up and tear–down. If you would like to volunteer, please send an E–Mail to Slow Food Utah and let us know what time you are available. Information about Slow Food Utah will be provided, you are asked to represent Slow Food and assist visitors understand Slow Food. This too is a good opportunity to put a public face on Slow Food.

  "Join Red Butte Garden during the Spring bloom to welcome the sun back and get a jump start to Summer! During SpringFest, Red Butte Garden staff members and volunteers will help give new ideas for living a healthy, fun, sustainable lifestyle. The festival will include entertainment, vendors, explorations stations, and crafts to celebrate the earth and the many ways we can enjoy and help sustain it.

• June 10, 2007

  The Salt Lake Downtown Farmers’ Market begins its 2007 season.

  Slow Food Utah will combine forces with Wasatch Community Gardens to share a booth at the Downtown Farmers’ Market. Dates that a booth will be present have not been selected yet. However, we are working to establish how many days we can commit to, based in part on how many volunteers are willing to help. If you would like to volunteer to help staff the booth, please send an E–Mail to Slow Food Utah and let us know that you are interested. Information about Slow Food Utah will be provided, you are asked to represent Slow Food and assist visitors understand Slow Food. This too, alas, is yet another good opportunity to put a public face on Slow Food.

General Volunteer Opportunities

Here are a few ideas on ways to become involved in Slow Food Utah, and who to contact.

If you would like to become more involved with Slow Food Utah, please send an e–mail to us to indicate your interest.

• Slow Food Utah is seeking articles from a variety of sources, be it a food-centered or not food-centered publication, such as:

  1) Local daily Utah newspapers including the Deseret Morning News, Ogden Daily Examiner, Provo Daily Herald or The Salt Lake Tribune, PLUS Weekly or monthly publications such as Catalyst Magazine, Salt Lake City Weekly or any other publication local to Utah.

  2) Regional or national publications that pick up on Utah based stories germane to Slow Food.

  
  

  If you see an article that is germane to Slow Food Utah/Slow Food, in any publication in print or online, please provide a link to the article, or at least the publication name, date and article title. This is a quick and easy way to participate that would benefit Slow Food Utah. The objective here is to highlight what is in both the popular press, and in food specific press. We are looking for a variety of articles and a variety of publications. Contact the Slow Food Utah Webmaster

  
  
• Participate in the Slow Food Utah "Monthly Membership Meetings" held at 6:30 p.m. on the second Thursday of every month, and are listed in the Slow Food Utah Schedule of Events. Contact Slow Food Utah.
• Assist with organizing and volunteering for upcoming events, such as the "Third Annual Feast of Five Senses" to be held June, 2007. Contact Slow Food Utah.
• The Webmaster suggests a state-wide listing of local farmers, distributors and retailers akin to that produced in other regions, such as the "Rural Roots Buying Guide" in Idaho. This is just one example, there are others. So, drop the Webmaster a line if you are so inclined to consider taking on, or assisting with, such a project.
• If you have additional ideas for Slow Food Utah projects please feel free to e–mail Slow Food Utah.

Slow Food Utah is a membership driven, volunteer run, 501(c)3 Non-Profit Organization.

Your involvement makes all the difference!