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PFTP: Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator VISTA

Our mission is to increase equitable access to healthful food and strengthen communities by empowering neighbors to share in the harvest and care of city-grown produce. We envision joyful communities that see every fruit tree as an abundant resource which contributes to a just food system and enhances the well-being of people, community networks, habitat, and our changing climate. Volunteers support all levels of our programming, but particularly our harvest and community orchard work. We are excited to welcome someone as passionate about community based regenerative agriculture and green spaces as we are! In this position Portland Fruit Tree Project partners with Harvest Against Hunger, a program incubator and catalyst utilizing a team of AmeriCorps members in the Harvest VISTA program who build sustainable, community food security programs. These range from gleaning projects, to regional food security assessments, to expanding community-run gardens and food bank farms. AmeriCorps members serve with their projects for a year: recruiting and coordinating volunteers, addressing challenges and management related to food supply chain, creating systems to collect data and evaluate programs, and growing organizations through storytelling, development and fundraising. They benefit from professional development and team building in a nationwide cohort. Harvest Against Hunger and the Harvest VISTA Program aims to involve the larger community in addressing food insecurity.

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Member Duties : The Volunteer and Outreach VISTA will help with formalizing, documenting, and growing the current volunteer and outreach programming to increase organizational capacity to grow, harvest, and share amazing fruit in the Portland Metro area. As a part of this plan, the AmeriCorps member will analyze existing systems and processes, develop a strategic plan to improve recruitment, retention, and recognition of volunteers, and design an evaluation plan for measuring the success. The AmeriCorps member will also create outreach materials, calendars, and plans to increase awareness of programming. The member will do a fair amount of computer work, drive a van, truck, and/or cargo bike, lift up to 50lbs, climb ladders, bend/stretch in all manner of ways, and receive hands-on training.

Program Benefits : Health Coverage* , Relocation Allowance , Education award upon successful completion of service , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Childcare assistance if eligible , Living Allowance .


*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.

Terms : Car recommended .

Service Areas : Community Outreach , Hunger , Environment .

Skills : Public Speaking , Communications , Computers/Technology , Recruitment .



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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA

Program
PFTP: Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator VISTA

Program Start/End Date
03/10/2025 - 03/09/2026

Work Schedule	Full Time

Age Requirement
Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations	OREGON

Accepting Applications
From 01/02/2025 To 02/07/2025

Contact	Maria Mendez-Francisco
1201 1st Ave S
Seattle WA 98134
2062360408, 104
maria@harvestagainsthunger.org

Listing ID	125341


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