Just received the announcement below to pass on to community gardener networks - short notice - deadline tomorrow, September 24th, but great opportunity for someone to help build a gardening/nutrition/health outreach program from the ground up with the support of a small but highly committed group of community gardeners, a local non-profit focused on community education and literacy, and with some backstopping from some faculty, staff and students at Alfred State (College) in New York.
- Sheryl A creative and enthusiastic self-starter is needed to provide leadership to the coordination and advancement of an integrated community based gardening and health literacy campaign in Allegany County, NY. The VISTA member will identify community partnerships, map community assets, identify curriculum, develop programming, and seek out ongoing funding to support this effort. These capacity building endeavors will create an ongoing, experiential, sustainable health and wellness campaign focused on identifying, planting, growing, selecting, harvesting, preserving, and preparing healthy food. Three primary partners provide the inspiration and resources for this effort. Alfred Community Garden will serve as a center and living laboratory for participation and education for efforts related to community gardening, composting, and greenhouses. Literacy West NY, Inc. will focus on delivering resources and instruction related to health literacy and nutrition for lifelong learning. Alfred State will leverage resources and source faculty and students to support this community wide initiative. The VISTA member will leverage the power of community based gardening and collaborative programming to promote health literacy and improve access of nutritious, local, and affordable produce to underserved families. Additional Qualifications The VISTA member should have experience in community organizing, fundraising, curriculum development, volunteer management, database and spreadsheet competency, event planning, and be knowledgeable on community gardening and healthy living issues. A car and driver's license is required. Additional Benefits: The VISTA member will be provided free housing, free fitness center access, and free parking as well as robust professional development opportunities. Apply to the AmeriCorps VISTA website by 9/24/13 for consideration by visiting https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?id=51153&fromSearch=true . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20130923/68307e6e/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
