Our Volunteers are Essential to Our Mission and Critical to Our Success
We're a small organization, and most of our work is food-industry specific, working closely with entrepreneurs and their fluctuating schedules.
COVID-19 has changed many things about the work we do.
Our needs continue to evolve day by day.
If you’re interested in volunteering, please read the below opportunities. If this fits your interest and available time, fill out this simple form.
If you filled out the form, we appreciate your offer. We’ll be in touch if we have an opportunity for you.
Donating, purchasing a gift box, dining at our Marketplace, or supporting La Cocina-born businesses is the biggest help we can get right now.
Thanks for your willingness to support La Cocina!
Technical assistance providers offer industry-specific assistance in areas of expertise, such as tax preparation, legal support, accounting, graphic and website design, social media, recipe costing, media relations, and branding.
We’ve found that one-on-one interaction often yields the greatest rewards, though we also welcome any workshops or activities that might be better executed in a group.
We ask that volunteers commit to supporting our entrepreneurs on a regular basis (2-3 hrs/week) over the course of at least SIX (6) months to ensure consistency and since it takes time for entrepreneurs to get volunteers up to speed on their history, work and goals.
AVAILABLE SKILLED TA POSITIONS
Mentors are paired with a specific program participant in order to target development in a specific area of need. Mentors will address macro-issues, like marketing, business planning and general emotional support for new entrepreneurs. These volunteers will schedule their own meetings with program participants, and will report back to La Cocina staff regularly.
We ask that you be available to support our entrepreneurs on a regular basis (2-3 hrs/week) over the course of at least SIX (6) months.
The La Cocina Advisory Committee consists of a hand-selected group of industry insiders who have been chosen to lend their expertise in the incubation of La Cocina program participants. You have been chosen because of your dedication to the La Cocina project and because of your valuable industry knowledge. The committee set-up will allow La Cocina staff to integrate your opinions, suggestions and advice into the program in a way that maximizes your impact and minimizes the time commitment that individual businesses might put on you.