Summer Associate Harvest AmeriCorps VISTA Position - Upper Valley MEND (Meeting Each Need with Dignity)/Harvest Against Hunger
Description:
Upper Valley MEND (Meeting Each Need with Dignity) is a human services nonprofit located in Leavenworth, WA focused on fighting poverty by meeting the community needs of hunger, housing, and healthcare. The VISTA Summer Associate will work specifically with MEND’s Community Harvest Gleaning project. Community Harvest works to reduce food waste and increase access to fresh, local produce by organizing volunteers to harvest excess produce from farms, orchards, and growers who wish to donate and then transport that food for distribution at established emergency food providers in the area. The VISTA Summer Associate will work with the Gleaning Coordinator to support and strengthen the gleaning project and develop relationships to distribute produce more effectively to food banks and summer feeding programs. 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.
Program Type: | |
AmeriCorps VISTA | |
Program | |
Upper Valley MEND Summer Associate Harvest VISTA | |
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 | |
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For more information and to apply, go to my.americorps.gov