TAMPA, Fla. — Metropolitan Ministries is seeking seasonal staff for its iconic holiday tents, which serve 30,000 families each holiday season.
The Holiday Tent assistance program is Tampa Bay’s largest outreach initiative serving families in crisis for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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Metropolitan Ministries needs seasonal staff for holiday tents
The program helps 30,000 families each holiday season
25 positions are still available, paying $15 to $18 an hour
Justine Burke is the Ministries Vice President of Marketing and said that each year the holiday tents serve approximately 1,000 families daily.
“We do have singles that come in, seniors that are alone that want to get some food for the holidays for themselves, but the majority is families with children and if you multiply all that, by the end of it, it’s almost 100,000 people,” she said.
To ensure that they can meet the demand and be efficient, they rely on volunteers and seasonal workers.
“That’s a lot of hands that come in and help us,” Human Resources Director Darly Belluccia said. “This year what is new is we’re expanding our mission to Pinellas County, so we’re looking for team members there as well.”
Belluccia says Met Ministries is looking to fill 25 more positions to work through the holiday season.
Positions include outreach holiday associates to help in the tents, customer service associates to help with donations and maintenance techs to keep the tents running.
“This is great for college students and retirees,” Belluccia said. “A lot of our seasonal positions or seasonal team members have either come back here after a year or they transitioned into full-time position so it’s a great way to get your foot in the door.”
Most positions will be full time and pay between $15 and $18 an hour.