Agency: North County Lifeline, Inc.

Description: October 3, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

Location: North County Coastal – Vista 92084

Description: Do you spend you weekends doing home improvement projects? Are you obsessed with interior design shows? Consider yourself a whiz at turning a drab into a swank? Or simply want to get involved with a meaningful project in your community? It’s time to put your creative energy to good use! Help North County Lifeline renovate our Employment Room!

North County Lifeline’s Employment Room provides a space for unemployed and underemployed clientele to meet with case managers, look for jobs, create or update resumes, participate in mock interviews, improve on existing skills and learn new ones. Help us create a space that looks and feels like a real office by helping us out with the following tasks: painting, installing key cabinet, rearranging furniture, stocking folders and templates for resumes, cover letters, thank you letters, etc., and more.

Connection to Poverty in San Diego County: Lifeline’s Employment Room is a space dedicated to helping unemployed and underemployed clientele, many of the facing poverty and even homelessness, to achieve self-sufficiency through providing training in the areas of job skills, interview techniques, resume-writing, conducting a job search, etc.

Minimum Age: 16 with an adult; 16 without an adult

Volunteers Needed: 15

Supplies Needed: Volunteers may bring paint brushes, gloves, and any office room supplies you may wish to donate(including plants, wall hangings/large picture frames, bulletin boards, file folders, resume-writing software/templates, etc.).

This project is approved for volunteers with the following restrictions: Court-Ordered, Allow Pending Members

Impact Areas: Renovation, Revitalization and Repair, Health & Wellness: Family Services

Interests: The interests recommended for this project are:
Issue Area: Employment / Life Skills, Population Served: Youth, Types of Volunteering: Longer-term Opportunities, Types of Volunteering: Service-Learning, Population Served: Women, Population Served: Families, Types of Volunteering: Mentoring, Types of Volunteering: Leadership Development, Types of Volunteering: Administrative / Clerical, Types of Volunteering: Tutoring / Coaching, Types of Volunteering: Group Opportunities, Issue Area: Education / Tutoring / Literacy, Issue Area: Poverty / Low Income, Types of Volunteering: Professional Opportunities, Issue Area: Economic Development, Issue Area: Health and Human Services, Types of Volunteering: Court Referred Opportunities

Skills: The skills helpful for participation in this project are:
General, General: Organizing / Sorting / Cleaning, Neighborhood / Community Renovation: Maintenance / Repairs, Neighborhood / Community Renovation, Neighborhood / Community Renovation: Painting, Professional Skills, Professional Skills: Career Consulting, Creative Skills, Creative Skills: Arts and Crafts, Health and Human Services: Social Work / Counseling, Health and Human Services: Family & Partnering, Information Technology, Information Technology: Hardware Support