Produce Assistant Summer AmeriCorps VISTA Associate - The Good Cheer Food Bank/Harvest Against Hunger
Description:
| Program Type: | |
| AmeriCorps VISTA | |
| Program | |
| Good Cheer Produce Assistant Summer Associate | |
| Program Start/End Date | |
| 06/21/2021 - 08/29/2021 | |
| Work Schedule | Full Time |
| Age Requirement | |
| Minimum: 18 Maximum: None | |
| Program Locations | WASHINGTON |
| Accepting Applications | |
| From 04/01/2021 To 05/26/2021 | |
| Contact | Maria Mendez-Francisco |
| 1201 1st Ave S | |
| Seattle WA 98134 | |
| 5037570222 | |
| maria@harvestagainsthunger.org | |
| harvestagainsthunger.org | |
The Good Cheer Food Bank’s gleaning program engages volunteers to harvest and deliver excess produce from backyard fruit trees, the Bayview Farmers Market, and the Organic Farm School, for distribution to Whidbey Island’s hungry populations. This VISTA opportunity is a project of Harvest Against Hunger, which connects local growers, food banks and volunteers to secure fresh produce for distribution to thousands of people throughout Washington State. The Harvest VISTA program finds innovative ways to decrease waste of fresh fruits and vegetables and increase the availability of nutritious produce for food bank clients. The VISTA Summer Associate (SA) program will work in an intensive level of summer service for 10 weeks.
| The Summer Associate at Good Cheer Food Bank will support Fresh Food on the Table, our program to supply nutritious, locally-sourced fresh fruits and vegetables to low income and impoverished children, individuals, and families on South Whidbey Island in Washington. The Summer Associate’s activities will be focused on fair and efficient distribution of fresh produce, as well as healthy eating education. The SA will partner directly with produce donors, contract farmers, and garden volunteers to harvest, wash, pack, and deliver produce, contributing to food and nutrition education efforts for food bank clients. They will assist with food processing and season extension efforts, contributing to evaluation and discussion around retooling distribution points and limits system, assisting with photo documentation, outreach efforts, survey collection, and donor recordkeeping to track and evaluate program impacts. | |
| Program Benefits : Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Living Allowance . | |
| *For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit http://www.vistacampus.gov/healthcare | |
For more information and to apply, go to my.americorps.gov