“El Tianguis,” Burien’s weekly outdoor Latino Street Market held Sundays from 11am – 4pm near Burien Town Square Park, is seeking volunteers.
There’s no pay, but it looks like there may be free food involved, not to mention a letter of recommendation and a chance to meet some interesting neighbors and have fun.
Here’s text from an Ad they posted Wednesday (Aug. 4th) on Craigslist:
The Latino Street Market is an open-air market held on Sundays from 11am-4pm along 5th Place beside the Burien Town Square Park between SW 152nd and SW 151st Streets.
With a variety of booths including Latino food and beverages, arts and crafts, home and garden, clothing, electronics, and many other items that are traditionally available in markets in Latino countries.
We need your help!
Looking for those wanting to give back to the community in a variety of ways.
Market Assistants – Assist the Market Manager with, registration, greetering, manning information booth
Promotion Team – Put up poster in local businesses promoting the Market, hand out fliers @ local events.
Benefits:
1. Free meal from any of our vendors the day you volunteer!
2. Letter of recommendation for time volunteered from our Executive Director
3. Great line item for your resume
4. Meet lots of local residents and businesses in the area.
5. Great internship opportunity for students in the marketing and communications field.Contact: Mateo Monda at Info@elmercado.org
Here’s the schedule for the rest of the year:
| August 2010 | ||||||
| Aug 08, 2010 | Market OPEN | Burien Town Square Park | ||||
| Aug 15, 2010 | Market OPEN | Burien Town Square Park | ||||
| Aug 22, 2010 | Market OPEN | Burien Town Square Park | ||||
| Aug 29, 2010 | Market OPEN | Burien Town Square Park | ||||
| September 2010 | ||||||
| Sep 05, 2010 | Market OPEN | Burien Town Square Park | ||||
| Sep 12, 2010 | Market OPEN | Burien Town Square Park | ||||
| Sep 19, 2010 | Market OPEN | Burien Town Square Park | ||||
| Sep 26, 2010 | Market OPEN | Burien Town Square Park | ||||
| October 2010 | ||||||
| Oct 03, 2010 | Market OPEN | Burien Town Square Park | ||||
| Oct 10, 2010 | Market OPEN | Burien Town Square Park | ||||
| Oct 17, 2010 | Market OPEN | Burien Town Square Park | ||||
| Oct 24, 2010 | Market OPEN | Burien Town Square Park | ||||
| Oct 31, 2010 | Market OPEN | Burien Town Square Park | ||||
For more information, visit El Tianguis’ website here.
