Sign up to be a Dana Hands volunteer by filling out this Dana Hands Survey.
If you have not already filled out our “Dana Hands” survey, we’d be grateful if you could follow this link to do so before the work weekend: Dana Hands Survey
As a Kitchen Assistant, you will be working three hours a day, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, in the kitchen. The rest of the time is yours to spend on personal cultivation.
We offer you sleeping accommodations, meals, linens, laundry facilities, and, of course, kindness and welcoming gratitude for your willingness to be an integral part of our work community.
Here are some details regarding our expectations:
The position of Volunteer Kitchen Assistant plays an integral part in how our kitchen functions. When we accept volunteers for this position, we depend on them to follow through with their commitment.
We ask that Volunteer Kitchen Assistants fully consider their schedule and the time they are able to offer to the center before committing to take on the position.
In the case of a cancellation, we may not approve your registration as a Kitchen Assistant volunteer in the future.
We understand that unforeseen medical circumstances do occur, and exceptions will be considered for personal & family medical emergencies only.
Staff and volunteers are expected to refrain from wasting the resources upon which other beings depend. We do our best to not be possessive of people or things, but rather share our time and communal resources to the best of our ability.
We ask that you adhere to the Five Precepts during your time at Cloud Mountain. These are ethical guidelines for behavior that retreatants, staff, teachers, board members, and volunteers are asked to cultivate while at our center.
The major intention behind these guidelines is to create as little harm as possible in our interactions with each other and the environment. Acknowledging our human imperfections, we can internalize these standards as a foundation for our practice, as the Buddha intended. Living by the precepts is an act of great generosity to all beings we encounter.
The Five Precepts are as follows:
If you are able to adhere to the Five Precepts, fully understand our expectations, and how cancellations of volunteer positions impact Cloud Mountain, and you still feel the Volunteer Kitchen Assistant position is a good fit for you, please sign below:
The undersigned volunteer releases Friends of Cloud Mountain, the owners of Cloud Mountain Retreat Center, any of the organization’s officers, directors, employees, members, agents, teachers, contractors or volunteers from liability and responsibility for any injury, property damage or loss of any kind incurred by the volunteer while the volunteer is at Cloud Mountain.
Volunteer signs this release on behalf of her or himself and volunteer’s heirs, assigns, executives, guardians and personal representatives. This release shall be effective whether the course of any injury or loss was known or unknown and whether the injury or loss was contemplated or uncontemplated at the time of signing the release. By signing this form, the retreatant also agrees that the venue for any claim brought by volunteer against Friends of Cloud Mountain, the owners of Cloud Mountain Retreat Center, or any of the organization’s officers, directors, employees, members, agents, teachers, contractors or volunteers shall be Cowlitz County, Washington and that Washington law shall apply in all such matters.
PRIVACY POLICY: You are welcome to cancel at any time by emailing info@cloudmountain.org. Your text options are also updated each time you register. We do not, in any way, sell your information.
We do offer non-dairy, non-wheat, and vegan options when people request, and also make non-gluten, non-wheat bread available. For retreatants who have dietary restrictions other than non-dairy, non-wheat, or vegan, we recommend that you bring along some supplementary food of your own to fill in with the provided food that you can eat. We offer refrigerator space, use of the microwave in the dining hall, and shelf space to those retreatants who do not fit into what we offer for dietary restrictions. We can also offer you plastic containers so that you can put aside portions of dishes that we serve during the retreat that work for your dietary needs to eat at later times when what goes out on the table won’t work for you. In the event that you are registered into the retreat, please ask the cook for directions on where & how to store your food.
With the below initialed acknowledgment, I agree to take sole responsibility for ensuring that my diet at Cloud Mountain is in accordance with my allergies, health requirements and dietary preferences. I understand that it will be my responsibility to personally supplement my diet with all foods and snacks beyond the scope of the vegetarian, vegan, and wheat-free options that Cloud Mountain Retreat Center can provide. With the below initial, I also release Friends of Cloud Mountain, the owners or Cloud Mountain Retreat Center, any of the organizations officers, directors, employees, members, agents, teachers, contractors, or volunteers from liability and responsibility for any severe allergic reaction by the consumption of food that is not in accordance with my personal medical allergies and dietary restrictions.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the food that Cloud Mountain Provides during retreat, please contact us at info@cloudmountain.org or call us at 360-274-4859 or toll-free (within the United States) at 1-888-465-9118.
If you choose to pay by mail, your space will be held for 10 business days from receipt of your online form to allow your mailed payment to reach us. After 10 business days your space will be released if your payment has not arrived.
If you are joining the waitlist for a retreat, you do not need to provide credit card payment information or a check. Instead, select the Pay By Mail option to submit your form to us without payment information at this time.
