The Corporation for National and Community Service is committed to ensuring a brighter future for all of America’s youth and engaging students in community. The AmeriCorps VISTA Summer Associate Program gives campuses an opportunity to invest in both of these goals.

Member Duties: Develop, implement, and manage educational programs that build awareness of food insecurity and hunger issues in local communities. Assist with the management and implementation of local community garden projects. Assist with the management and implementation of local summer nutrition and food access programs. Build awareness of hunger issues through education and community gardens and summer nutrition and food access programs. Help the community understand the gap and show that when community members do not receive healthy fresh food there is an increase obesity and diabetes in the community. Build capacity of continuing community gardens. As a result of the OCC AmeriCorps VISTA Summer Associates engagement of community and campus volunteers, local organizations will increase their capacity to serve the low-income community.

Program Benefits:
Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend, Living Allowance

Terms:
Prohibits paid work outside of the sponsoring agency at any time

Service Areas:
Community Outreach, Children/Youth, Health, Hunger

Skills:
Community Organization, Computers/Technology, Fine Arts/Crafts, First Aid, Fund raising/Grant Writing, Leadership, Public Speaking, Recruitment, Teaching/Tutoring, General Skills

To apply, visit the posting on the AmeriCorps site: https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?fromSearch=true&id=44029