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ACCA Sr Hunger 2023 Summer Associate - UGA
 
 
 
Almost 9 million older adults in the U.S are at risk for hunger, and Georgia is 10th in state rankings for older adult risk of hunger. In response, The Athens Senior Hunger Coalition (SHC) was initiated by the Athens Community Council on Aging (ACCA) to combat senior hunger in the Athens area through programs and partnerships with local organizations that have a mutual dedication to serving older adults. Program goals are to enhance and expand these partnerships to maximize available resources, raise awareness of senior hunger in the Athens community, identify older adults who are food insecure using standardized measurements, and create innovative, sustainable, cost-effective, and outcome driven interventions. Working with local partners, the SHC offers interventions which combat senior hunger and its root causes such as healthy food accessibility and social isolation. These interventions include weekly supplemental meal distributions from the main campus of ACCA and biweekly meal deliveries, bimonthly Mobile Food Pantries, Take Out Tuesday monthly commodity and meal deliveries to individuals on the Meals on Wheels waiting list, and On-site Community Garden. One Summer Associate will help support summer programming. Summer Associates work full-time for 9 weeks (no leave provided), and receive an AmeriCorps living allowance of $675.08 for each two-week period, as well as an end-of-service education award or stipend.
 
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Member Duties : Support the efforts of ACCA’s Meals on Wheels and Senior Hunger Coalition food distribution programs by participating in day-to-day activities such as unloading and loading food boxes and bags, loading volunteers’ vehicles, driving routes to deliver meals to clients, assisting in coordinating and managing volunteers when needed. Support the community garden, coordinate with ACCA staff and other VISTAs to recruit volunteers to work in the garden and to plan garden work days, manage day-to-day garden activities: weeding, planting, watering, etc. Support efforts related to senior hunger program data collection, assessments, volunteer information gathering, and program impacts. Assist with client education outreach.
 
Program Benefits : Living Allowance ,  Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend ,  Training . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.
 
Terms :
Car recommended . 
 
Service Areas :
Health ,  Elder Care ,  Hunger . 
 
Skills :
General Skills ,  Social Services ,  Community Organization ,  Public Health ,  Environment . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
ACCA Sr Hunger 2023 Summer Associate - UGA
Program Start/End Date
05/30/2023  -   07/31/2023
Work Schedule Full Time
Education level
Some college
Age Requirement
Minimum:  18    Maximum:  None
Program Locations GEORGIA  
Accepting Applications
From  03/24/2023  To  05/03/2023 
Contact Leslie Trier
135 Hoyt St
Athens   GA   30601
7065494850
ltrier@accaging.org
Listing ID 111467

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