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Our Current Venue: TASTE OF KUWAIT - THE RESTAURANT
Volunteer Package
After reading the below, if interested in joining our team please contact us at: volunteer@tasteofkuwait.com
Note!: Volunteers are welcome to join our team anytime. There is no deadline to joining! :D
In General, why would someone volunteer?
- Recognition whereby the individual is motivated to volunteer by being recognized for their skills and contribution.
- Understanding whereby the individual volunteers to learn more about the world through their volunteering experience or exercise skills that are often unused.
- Social Interaction where the volunteer would like to build social networks and enjoy the social aspects of interacting with others.
- Values whereby the individual volunteers in order to express or act on firmly held beliefs of the importance for one to help others.
- Networking where a volunteer gets to meet and interact with influential and dynamic people in the industry
We at “Taste of Kuwait” feel that we can offer all of the above to any qualified volunteer that wants to join us:
- Recognition: all volunteers will be recognized for their efforts through our website and by giving them a certificate of achievement
- Understanding: our orientation meetings and brainstorming sessions will teach the volunteers to think on their feet, be problem solvers, know how to be a part of a team and learn a new skill (depends on which group they are in)
- Social Interaction: We are all about social interaction! As much as possible we would like the volunteers to have an enjoyable fulfilling experience that they would never forget ☺
- Values: Other than this being an event to help Kuwaiti local concepts, this event is also helping in a good cause: “Thalassemia Disease Awareness - The Red Ribbon Campaign”.
- Networking: As much as possible we will encourage the volunteers to go out and network! In fact some of the volunteer groups assigned are made for just that purpose (Journalists, Interviewers, Photographers, etc)
To have a better idea of what the volunteers will be doing please read the below agenda of activities.
Meeting and orientation dates ☺ (It is going to be loads of fun!)
Fri, Feb 5: Introduction Meeting: (3:00 pm to 7:00 pm)
| 30 min |
Get to know each other and a couple of team building games |
| 25 min |
Discuss in detail what is “Taste of Kuwait” about |
| 25 min |
Discuss the good cause we are representing “Thalassemia Disease Awareness : The Red Ribbon campaign” (orientation will be given by someone from the Kuwait Thalassemia Society) |
| 40 min |
Break : Pizza, ice-cream and donuts! ☺ (A vote is taken on what you want to have for dinner next meeting) |
| 20 min |
Give you a brief of what is expected from volunteers prior to the event and during the event |
| 20 min |
Divide you into your buddy groups: Journalists, Red Ribbon Campaign Champions, Interviewers, Restaurant Operations, Interior Design etc. They are all fun groups – there is no one group better than the other, we promise! ☺ |
| 15 min |
Give each group their assignment that they should finish before next meeting |
| 30 min |
Each group will brainstorm about how to tackle their assignment (20 minutes) then give us a brief about your strategy |
Wed. Feb 10: Update meeting: (6:30 pm to 8:30 pm)
| 40 min |
Each group gives an update on how their assignment went, if problems are faced, alternative actions would be discussed |
| 20 min |
we will give you an update on what is happening with “Taste of Kuwait” progress |
| 40 min |
Break: Your choice of food from last meeting (Vote for next meeting’s food)
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| 20 min |
New assignments are given out to each group |
| 60 min |
Each group will brainstorm about how to tackle their assignment (45 minutes) then give us a brief about your strategy. |
All our group meetings will be held on Sundays and Wednesdays (from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm) with nearly the same agenda as Feb 10 above. All group assignment should be done by Sun 21st of February.
Wed, Feb 24: Event operation Orientation and Rehearsal: (4:00 pm to 7:00 pm)
| 30 min |
Orientation about what is a POS system and how to use it |
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30 min | Explanation of the event operation in detail
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40 min | Break: Your choice of food from last meeting (Vote for next meeting’s food)
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20 min | POS game !
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30 min | Table and clearance game!
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30 min | Discuss what went right and what went wrong in the above games. Try to find solutions.
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Sun, Feb 28: Event operation Rehearsals: (4:00 pm to 7:00 pm)
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20 min | POS game
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20 min | Table and clearance game
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40 min | Break: Your choice of food from last meeting (Vote for next meeting’s food)
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20 min | Event halls management overview
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30 min |
POS game (under pressure)
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30 min |
Table and clearance game (under pressure)
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30 min |
Discuss what went right and what went wrong in the above games. Try to find solutions.
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After that we will do operational rehearsal meetings on Sundays and Wednesdays (from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm) with nearly the same agenda as Feb 26 above. Our last two rehearsals will be the day before the event and the morning of the event.
Sometime in the middle we would need a picture from each of you to put on our event website, and a couple of paragraphs describing what you have done in your life and what your volunteering role is in Taste of Kuwait. ☺
Event days, March 10 to 13, each volunteer should stick to the operational timings set to him/her (please come early to avoid mix ups and shortage of staff)
March 14th there will be a press conference thanking everyone that has helped us including the volunteers. The volunteers will receive a signed certificate of achievement from us.
March 19th: “Thanks for all your hard work” Barbeque!!! – all volunteers and everyone who has helped us out is invited! It will be entertaining with interactive games and photos taken of us by amateur photographers. Be yourself, dress casual! ☺ ☺
For the outstanding volunteers, they will have a chance to be part of our team next year from the very beginning (planning stage to finish) and through that they will have a detailed experience of all the tears and sweat as well as all the excitement and joy of event organizing and event management, and most probably be compensated for their hard work.
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