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Homeless Shelter Food Coordinator - My Project USA

MY Project USA, located in Columbus’ Hilltop neighborhood, elevates our community by protecting and empowering youth and uplifting families through education, social services, civic engagement, and advocacy. Since our founding in 2014, MY Project USA has served as a community convener to ensure historically underserved populations have their voices heard. We serve families and children who face significant barriers to success, as many parents are immigrants with limited employment and English-language skills who struggle to raise their children in a new culture. Concurrently, children must navigate gangs, violence, drugs, and sexual exploitation in their neighborhoods. Understanding that a supportive home environment lays the foundation for children’s success, MY Project USA supports multiple generations by providing a safe space for children when they are not in school, offering individualized tutoring for students, operating a food pantry that provides groceries to hundreds of individuals each week, a community café social enterprise that raises funds to feed children and families, leading pathways to vocational support and employability skill development, hosting English as a second language instruction, providing connections to essential resources, and offering counseling and mentorship support to adults, families, and children. Since the organization’s founding, MY Project USA has prioritized addressing food insecurity experienced by the families and youth in the Hilltop neighborhood and distributes free meals and groceries to over 600 families each week. In addition to these direct services, MY Project USA serves as a trusted source of empowerment and advocates for the families in our community and the unique barriers they face. This includes working closely with fellow community organizations, special interest groups, and government entities to address the root cause of these barriers with the goal of eliminating them for future generations.

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Member Duties : Join our cause of elevating our community! In this role, you will build our capacity to uplift families through volunteer mobilization, fundraising, and in-kind donations. Through these activities, you will increase access to nutritious foods for families served by MY Project USA's homeless shelter. Engaging with local civic groups, community organizations, educational institutions, and businesses, you will build upon the organization's existing volunteer capacity and rally the community in support of our mission. You will also lead community outreach and collaborations among local corporations, restaurants, grocery stores, and other food retailers, increasing in-kind and financial donations for the expansion of the homeless shelter's operations. Become part of our team today as we advocate for our neighbors! Benefits include a monthly $200 housing stipend to supplement living costs.

Program Benefits : Living Allowance , Relocation Allowance , Training , $200 housing stipend , Health Coverage* , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Childcare assistance if eligible .


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

Terms : Permits attendance at school during off hours , Car recommended , Permits working at another job during off hours .

Service Areas : Education , Neighborhood Revitalization , Community Outreach , Entrepreneur/Business , Homelessness , Health , Housing , Hunger , Community and Economic Development .

Skills : Recruitment , Computers/Technology , Public Speaking , Community Organization , Business/Entrepreneur , Education , Fund raising/Grant Writing , Communications , General Skills , Leadership .



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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA

Program
Homeless Shelter Food Coordinator - My Project USA

Program Start/End Date
06/02/2025 - 06/01/2026

Work Schedule	Full Time

Education level
Some college

Age Requirement
Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations	OHIO

Accepting Applications
From 02/28/2025 To 07/11/2025

Contact	Carrie Dennis
3275 Sullivant Ave
Columbus OH 43204
6142214336
cdennis@ohiofoodbanks.org

Listing ID	125873


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