Volunteer: Yes you CAN!!

Help the S. King County Food Bank Can!!

In four days of canning in May we preserved over 20,000 cans of corn for the clients of the 11 food banks in S. King County! We absolutely cannot continue to have such a dramatically positive impact in the lives of so many children and families without your service.

Thank you so much for being a part of this project and please consider coming back to keep it going through June.

We will be there and will need volunteers on June 2nd, 9th, 10th, 16th and 17th.

Please let me know if you have time to donate on any of these days.

Sincerely,--
Basil Weiner
South King County Food Coalition
Volunteer Coordinator
Americorps*VISTA
www.skcfc.org
(206) 579-6886

Volunteer this summer!

The Des Moines Area Food Bank is looking for volunteers!

My name is Steven and I am helping to organize the Des Moines Area Food Bank's summer meals program for kids this year. I received your name as someone who was interested in helping with the program and hope that we will see you as a volunteer at the Food Bank sometime this summer!

Make lunches and/or run activites for kids (Monday-Friday)

We would like to know if you would be able to volunteer with this program, either making lunches for the children or helping run activities for the kids at our lunch sites. Lunches are made each day, Monday-Friday, starting at about 9AM and are served at various sites in the Des Moines area between 11:00 and 2:00. The program begins on June 28th.

Contact Steven if you would like to help!

Des Moines Area Food Bank [dmafb@hotmail.com]

Please reply if you would be able to help! Let me know what you would like to help with (lunch making or activities) and when you would be able to volunteer. For example, let me know if you would be able to help on a regular basis for a certain number of days each week, or if you could help everyday for a one week, two week, or three week (or longer) period during the summer.

Additionally, if you need to complete community service hours for your school, we will be happy to provide you with a letter confirming that you have volunteered with us.

Let me know if you have any questions. I am looking forward to hearing back from you!

-Steven Luksan - Des Moines Area Food Bank [dmafb@hotmail.com]

Volunteer Opportunity!

Discover Burien is working with the Highline Garden Tour for its upcoming event.

We need volunteers to help staff our garden.

The event is Saturday June 11, 2011

We need 3 volunteers for each shift:
Morning (9:30 - 12:30),
Afternoon (12:30 - 3:30)
Mid After Noon (3:30 - 5:30)

NO KNOWLEDGE OF GARDENING REQUIRED - JUST A WILLINGNESS TO BE FRIENDLY.

For more information contact: Debra GeorgeDiscover Burien, Event Manager(206) 941-7199

Summer Camp: Women interested in fire fighting

Camp Blaze

(information accessed on May 27th from: http://www.campblaze.com/)

Camp Blaze is a nonprofit organization committed to maximizing women's involvement in the fire service through education, networking, advocacy, and policy development.The mission of Blaze is to develop, support, and implement an annual camp for qualified young women to learn about the fire service and to have a great time while they're at it.

Young women will learn, among many other things:
Rappelling
Using self-contained breathing apparatus
Search and rescue
Aerial ladder climbing
Teamwork

When: July 30 - August 6, 2011 in North Bend, Washington.

Applications are now available via the links below. Please fill out the form and email it to us. Please see our application page for more detail.

Application for Camp Blaze campers

Camp Blaze Facebook page will be updated with new information as we get closer to camp time. Also, see this video on women in the Seattle fire service; it highlights the importance of Camp Blaze and other camps like it.Thanks for your interest.

PAID Summer Apprenticeship Program

REEL GRRLS

In the Summer Apprenticeship Program, advanced Reel Grrls work in teams to produce outreach videos for nonprofit organizations. Teams work directly with their clients to conceive and produce videos on a tight schedule. Reel Grrls seeks teen media makers with advanced skills in camera operation, editing, and project management for this competitive apprenticeship.

View videos created in the program!.Apply Online! OR Download the printable PDF and submit by mail

Tuesdays and Thursdays, July 5 - August 18, 2010, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location: Reel Grrls New Media Lab in Seattle's Central District, 1409 21st Ave, Seattle WA 98122
Ages: Grrls aged 16-21 with prior video production experience
Cost: No fee- we pay you!
Registration: Register Online

Contest: VOTE!!

Allstate is donating $100,000 to help support Western Washington Schools

Based on the percentage of total households from each school that voted, ten schools will each receive $10,000.

Just go to www.cashforyourclass.org and select Highline. (April 25th- June 10th)

Contest

Read.Flip.Win.
(A video book review contest through the Burien Public Library)

Read a book and record your review for a chance to win $150 to use at Best Buy. For more information on Read.Flip.Win go to http://www.kcls.org/teens/rfw/ or see Mrs. Gunn in the library.

Submit entries between May 1st and July 31st

Spots are still available for the Summer Session of Girl Justice!

Register today!

What: Girl Justice! is an interactive one-day workshop that covers PV’s gender-specific and strengths-based approaches to serving adolescent female-identified youth. The work is rooted in girlhood & social justice so this workshop will be full of anti-oppression fun!

In this workshop, you will strengthen your girl justice analysis as you:
o Deconstruct messages embedded in the socialization of girls in our culture
o Analyze how intersections of oppressions impact youth
o Explore your own relationship to privilege and oppression
o Discuss how adultism affects our ability to effectively serve youth
o Practice strength-based approaches in one-on-one and group work
o Become a better adult ally to youth!

When: Saturday, June 4th 2011: 9am- 4pm-Snacks provided and 1 hour for lunch on your own

Where: Casey Family Program Office: 1123 23rd Ave, Seattle, WA 98122

Who: This training is intended for anyone wanting to support female-identified youth in our community. Male-identified folks are highly encouraged to attend; responsible allyship is critical to social change.

How: $40 per person- register here! (Scholarships are available: contact devond@powerfulvoices.org)


Since 1995, Powerful Voices has provided free, innovative programs to adolescent girls in Seattle through evidence-based programs in public schools and in the juvenile justice system. Our mission is to foster adolescent girls’ development by providing programs and promoting social justice so girls can realize their dreams, engage their communities and shape a better world.

For more information on Powerful Voices visit their website at www.powerfulvoices.org

Volunteer: MaST Center

Feed an octopus!?? What?!

(This sounds fun!!)

Hi Megan,

We have an active volunteer group and are always looking for more. Most of our volunteering takes place on Saturday, between 8 and 2. Volunteers help with the cleaning of the tanks from 8-10 and then work with the public during our open hours of 10-2. We ask volunteers to commit to 1-2 Saturdays per month. Because we are a small organization, much of our volunteering is on the job. Volunteers, their first day, will do everything that they are comfortable including potentially feeding the octopus. Generally, we just ask a new volunteer to show up at 8 on a date that works for them and be willing to get right to work. If they’d like to contact me before to give us a heads up, that’s okay as well.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Rus HigleyInstructor/Manager 206.715.0576Marine Science & Technology (MaST) Center office located at the MaST, rm 109
Highline Community College P.O Box 98000, MS 29-3
rhigley@highline.edu Des Moines, WA 98198-9800

Open every Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., to the public,
the MaST Center, mast.highline.edu, is located at 28203 Redondo Beach Drive S.--
halfway between Seattle and Tacoma
and about 5 minutes south of the main Highline campus.
Directions can be found at www.highline.edu/home/maps/mast.html

Become a fan at www.facebook.com/hccmast

TH Night Event @ Tyee HS: H.O.P.E Conference

Hope Obtaining Powerful Education

(Event for students who don't have a SS# but want to go to college)

• 
  
  Have you heard about the Dream Act?


• 
  
  Do you know about House Bill 1079?

The Event includes:

- Keynote speakers

- Student panel

- Dream Act Workshop

- Scholarship Workshop

When: Thursday, May 26th @ 6pm

Where: Tyee HS Cafeteria (4424 S. 188th St., SeaTac, WA 98188

FREE FOOD! CHILD CARE PROVIDED!! SPANISH INTERPRETERS!!

Wed. Night @ HHS: College Bound Scholarship info

Come learn about what you must do to receive the College Bound Scholarship once you graduate high school and attend college. Find out what resources are available at Highline to support students’ academic success, and speak to a college representative about college entrance requirements. The event will take place in the library and begins at 6:00 PM. Free refreshments will be provided. See Mrs. Reilly in the College & Career Center with any questions.

Who: all freshman, sophmores, juniors, and their families who signed up for the College Bound Scholarships
Where: Highline High School Library
When: 6pm-7:30 pm
FREE FOOD!

Employment and Job Training

**The following information has been cut and pasted from the "
Where to Turn For Teens (WTTFT)" resource guide on May 23rd, 2011 page 15 from: http://www.crisisclinic.org/WTTforTeens2008-2009.pdf


Eight out of 10 teenagers in America hold jobs while in high school.
(WA State Department of Labor and Industries, 2003)
• If you are 14 or 15 years old, you can work no more than
three hours a school day
• If you are 16 years or older, you can work any non-hazardous
job for unlimited hours
• If you are 18 years or older, you may perform any job with
no restrictions

When applying for a job it is important to have the following
information available:

• Social Security number
• Current address and phone number
• Name and contact information for adults/professionals who
you can use as references


AmeriCorps National Service: .1(800) 942-2677, www.americorps.org
Bellevue Parks and Community Services - Well-Kept..... (425) 452-7225
Center for Career Alternatives .........(206) 322-9080, www.ccawa.org
City of Seattle Summer Youth Employment Program .(206) 386-1375
Job Corps .................................... (206) 622-6593, www.jobcorps.dol.gov
Seattle Youth Garden Works............... (206) 632-0352, www.sygw.org
YMCA of Greater Seattle ........(206) 382-5013, www.seattleymca.org
YouthSource........................................................................... (206) 205-3510
Digital Bridge
Youth Build
YWCA - Working Zone ..............(206) 633-7901, www.ywcaworks.org

Summer job opp!! Seattle Youth Garden Works

Seattle Youth Garden Works is hiring youth ages 16-21 for our summer youth crew!

At Seattle Youth Garden Works, agriculture and enterprise combine to create a practical and meaningful employment experience for youth. People from diverse backgrounds come together to grow food, and in the process develop personal connections to the food system.

Crew members work as part of a team of ten youth farmers with Seattle Youth Garden Works (SYGW) staff to grow food on an urban farm at the University of Washington Center for Urban Horticulture in the U-District and sell our produce at the U-District Farmers' Market on Saturdays. This job also includes participation in educational activities and job skills training.


Summer schedule: Tuesday, July 5-Saturday, August 27
Crew meets every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Some Saturdays at the Farmers Market, 8-11:30 a.m. OR 11:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Youth must qualify as homeless or underserved.

A detailed job description and application are attached. Applications are also available on our website www.seattletilth.org/about/sygw

Applications are due no later than June 10.

If you have questions, contact:
Sharon Lerman
Program Manager
Seattle Tilth
(206) 633-0451 ext. 111
sharonlerman@seattletilth.org
http://www.seattletilth.org/

Job Search Resouces!

I KNOW you are all looking for summer jobs, based on the number of students who stop in every day asking if I know of any opportunities. Unfortunately, jobs for high school students seem to be few and far between, however THERE ARE SOME OUT THERE!! In this email you will find suggestions on how to find and secure a job!

Please stop into the College and Career Center for help if you need it!

Places that are currently hiring:

*This is not a complete list – be sure to stop in to inquire about job openings at all the places where you are interested in working.

v Emerald City Smoothie

v KFC

v McDonalds

v Safeway

v Starbucks

è COMING SOON: Highline Performing Arts Center will be putting applications out at the end of May for current freshman and sophomores to next Fall. Applications will be available by either visiting the PAC or emailing Amy Daligcon-Dowell, the manager (daligcal@hsd401.org).

Get up-date information on job openings sent to your email:

Ø “Hot Jobs” List serve: Just about every week Corey Young at the Seattle YMCA sends out a long list of job openings. Email Corey and ask that he add you to the “Hot Jobs List Serve”: cyoung@seattleymca.org

Resources:

Below you will find a list of agencies that offer high school students support when they are looking for a job:

Ø Visit the YMCA Young Adult Services in the 2100 building (at the corner of 23^rd & Rainier). They offer resume help and job training workshops. http://www.ymcayas.org/get/employment.aspx

Ø Also check in with the Matt Griffin YMCA. They often hire high school students.

Ø Seattle Youth Employment Program (SYEP): helps youth find jobs http://www.seattle.gov/humanservices/youth/employment.htm

Ø WorkSource that offer help for youth trying to find jobs. http://www.worksourceskc.org/

Ø THE HIGHLINE HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE AND CAREER CENTER! Stop in if you need help brain storming places to look for a job, filling out an application or writing you cover letter and resume. Stay up to date by checking in with the College and Career Center Blog: http://lifebeyondhighschool.blogspot.com

Where are Highline High School students working? The majority of students are working at restaurants, fast food places, retail stores at the mall, and grocery stores. They are also getting paid to tutor, babysit, work at daycares and MORE…

Ideas for places to look for a job:

· This list is based on places that have hired HS students in the past

- Athletics

o Highline Athletic Club

o Matt Griffin YMCA

o Normandy Park Athletics

- Auto Services:

o Burien Honda

o Burien Toyota

o Burien Chevrolet

o Jiffy Lube

- Beauty

o Desert Sun Tanning Salon

- Child Care

o Baby sitting

o Day care

o Tutoring elementary school student

- Coffee Shops

o Starbucks

o Independent coffee stands

- Elder care

o Nursing home

o Retirement center

- Food Services

o Fast Food Restaurants

o Taco Bell

o McDonalds

o Wendy’s

o KFC

o Cinnabon

o IHOP

o Jamba Juice

o Emerald City Smoothie

o Jack in the Box

o La Costa

o Subway

o Coffee Stands

o Starbucks

o Pizza Hut

o Red Robin

o Catering

o Restaurants over by Southcenter

- Grocery Stores:

o Albertsons

o Safeway

o Grocery Outlet

o QFC

- Landscaping

o Offer yard care services

- Retail stores

o @ Southcenter Mall

o @ Westwood Village

o Sears

o Fred Meyers

o Target

o Wal-Mart

o IKEA

o Marshalls

o Pier One

o At the mall…

o Abercrombie and Fitch

o Abercrombie Kids

o American Eagle

o H&M

o Lids

o Marc Echo

o Plato’s Closet

Suggestions for finding a job:

It is a hard time to find jobs with so many adults needing work as well. I’m not saying this to discourage you from looking, only to suggest that you are strategic when looking for work.

• Talk to people. Let them know you are looking for a job. You never know who might have a connection for you.
• When you go into a business to ask about job opening be sure to ask to speak with the hiring manager
• Don’t go with a group of friends to pick up applications
• Dress for success (no hoodies, t-shirts, short skirts or shorts)
• Bring the information you would need to fill out an application on the spot (your address, HHS address, social security number, a list of references and contact info, etc
• Bring your resume! (Make sure your resume is error free!)
• Don’t sell yourself short, but now is not the time to be picky about wages.

GOOD LUCK!

Summer Tutoring @ New Futures

Help students improve their English skills over the summer at New Futures in The Heights

There are Arabic speakers, Burmese ( that's 7 different languages), Vietnamese, Nepali, and Tigrinya along with volunteer interpreters for each language.

New Futures will do a summer tutoring program this year for at least 34 kids - including younger siblings. If you or anyone you know who has good language/writing skills would like to help these young people keep improving their English through the summer - please let Annie know (206-275-1393).

When: July 5th - the end of August, mornings Monday thru Thursday

Where: New Futures and the library.

Contact: Annie, 206-275-1393