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Ending Hunger Corps, Alan Day Community Garden, Norway ME

AmeriCorps · Augusta, ME · 2 mo ago
OTHRFull-time

Vision

Surrounded by ponds, lakes and rivers and nestled in the beautiful western foothills of Norway, ME, at Alan Day Community Garden we believe that everyone should have access to nutritious foods.

About the role

The VISTA will join our dynamic and hard-working organization as we expand access to our community food center and kitchen. They will need to be comfortable working with the public, friendly, welcoming and professional, organized and efficient, extremely adaptable and patient. The VISTA will enhance our existing programs while developing additional resources to meet the needs of families experiencing low income, developing knowledge and leadership among our youth and community members for growing and harvesting food, preparing meals, and serving the community.

Responsibilities

  • Alleviate food insecurity by building the capacity of ADCG’s existing programming while also developing additional programmatic resources as needed, including the development of communications and outreach systems to expand the reach of ADCG’s food access programming and leveraging our social media, newsletter and website to create and share a narrative for food security work at ADCG.
  • Facilitate welcoming gathering events onsite with volunteers, youth, and program participants in all aspects of increasing food security in our region.
  • Communicate, raise awareness, and develop program systems to expand the reach of ADCG’s food access programming.
  • Create and share a narrative for food security work at ADCG through monthly social media video updates, weekly social media posts, and updates to the food center and resources page on the ADCG website.

Requirements

  • Comfortable working with the public
  • Extremely adaptable and patient
  • Organized and efficient
  • Adaptable to different tasks and projects
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Able to complete time-sensitive tasks by deadlines, including reports, grant applications, newsletters, and social media updates

Qualifications

  • Some college education
  • Age minimum: 18

Skills

  • Communications
  • Social skills
  • Youth Development
  • Fundraising/Grant Writing

Benefits

  • Health Coverage*
  • Childcare assistance if eligible
  • Relocation Allowance
  • Free produce on seasonal basis
  • Stipend
  • Education award upon successful completion of service
  • Training
  • Living Allowance
  • Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend

Pay

In addition to Ending Hunger Corps benefits, Site benefits include access to free seasonal produce, an extremely supportive community of volunteers, and learning opportunities in gardening & carpentry, and flexibility around working onsite and offsite depending on season and needs of our organization.

Schedule

This position is part of Ending Hunger Corps, a 15-member cohort model VISTA program sponsored by Maine's Dept. of Agriculture, Conservation, Forestry (DACF): https://www.maine.gov/dacf/ag/endinghungercorps/index.shtml

Contact

To learn more about this opportunity, contact Isabelle Newman at 207-408-4656 or isabelle.newman@maine.gov.

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